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ISSUED  IN  COmEMORTTTION  OF  THE  riETIETH  ANNIVERSARY  OF  THE  INTRODUCTION  OF  THE  GOSPEL  TO 
THE  THREE  SCANDINAVIAN  COUNTRIES  BY  ELDER  ERASTUS  SNOW,  AN  ftPOSTLE  OF  JESUS  CHRIST;  AND 
rELLOW  IJJBORERS. 


PREEACE. 

Among  the  thoughts  inspired  by  the  Scandinavian  Jubilee  in  1900  was  tr\e  preparation  of  a  Souvenir  Album,  containing  views 
aqd  portraits  representing  places  of  interest,  and  persons  who  h,ave  beer)  active  workers  in  the  Scandinavian,  mjssion.,  since  its 
corrirrieqcement  in  1850.  The  plan,  was  laid  before  th,e  Scandinavian  Saints,  in  a  circular,  and  generous  responses  were  received 
from,  all  parts  of  the  country.  Trje  publishers  therefore  epplied  themselves  to  th,e  work,  and  they  now  have  the  pleasure  of  pre- 
senting to  the  public  tne  result  of  several  monthX  careful  and  conscientious  labor.  In  doing  so,  they  hope  th,at  \3r\e  perusal  of 
tr\ese  leaves  will  bring  to  the  hearts  of  th,e  readers  rnuch  joy,  rqany  happy  recollections  of  the  past,  and  inspire  continued  faith- 
fulness in  ttie  Gospel  of  Jesus,  first  proclaimed  in  the  northern  countries  half  a  century  ago. 

The  publishers,  while  doing  their  utrr\ost  to  present  all  th,e  data  with  historic  accurracy,  dare  not  h°Pe  '°  have  been  able  to 
do  so  in  every  instance,  the  tim.e  for  publication  being  too  short  for  an  absolutely  accurate  work  of  this  kind.  But  they  trust  that 
no  serious  errors  rjave  crept  into  th,e  pages.  And  now,  in  sending  this  little  volume  out  am,ong  its  friends,  we  rjope  and  pray  for 
thie  speedy  corning  of  the  day  when  a"  faithful  laborers  in  the  cause  of  trutr)  shall  receive  tr;eir  final  reward. 

ANTHON   H.   LUND, 
ANDREW  JENSON, 
J.  M.   SJODAHL, 
C.  A.   F.  ORLOB. 
Salt  Lake  City.  June  14,  1900. 


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ERASTUS  SNOW, 
An  Apostle  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 


THE  SCANDINAVIAN  MISSION. 


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HE  general  conference  held  in  Salt  Lake  City  in 
October,  1849,  marked  an  important  epoch  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints. 
On  that  occasion,  for  the  first  time  in  this  dispensation, 
a  little  army  of  soldiers  of  the  Cross  were  sent  forth  to 
unfurl  the  banner  of  the  Gospel  to  different  nations  of 
the  earth. 

The  noble  Pioneers,  escaped  from  the  fury  of  mobs,  had 
barely  had  time  to  erect  for  themselves  and  their  families  some 
primitive  huts  for  shelter,  and  to  provide,  to  some  extent,for  ex- 
istence in  these  valleys,  and  then  their  first  thought  was  of 
reaching  their  fellowmen  with  the  message  entrusted  to  them 
by  (ind.  They  were  not  in  a  position  to  form  missionary  socie- 
ties, with  monthly,  or  annual,  contributions;  they  had  no  fa- 
cilities for  rearing  colleges  and  universities  in  which  to  equip 


missionaries  for  the  work  of  the  ministry,  according  to  the 
pattern  of  the  world;  they  were  separated  from  civilization  by 
a  stretch  of  desert,  one  thousand  miles  wide,  and  risked  their 
lives  in  untold  perils,  whenever  they  set  out  to  cross  this  ex- 
panse. But  the  voice  of  the  Lord  had  come  to  them:  "For 
verily,  the  sound  must  go  forth  from  this  place  into  all  the 
world,  and  unto  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth — the  Gospel 
must  be  preached  unto  every  creature,  with  signs  following 
them  that  believe.  And  behold  the  Son  of  man  cometh."  (Doc. 
and  Cov.  58:  64,  65.)  They  knew  that  the  Lord  never  gives  a 
command  without  imparting  power  to  comply  with  it,  and 
therefore,  notwithstanding  their  poverty  and  all  other  disad- 
vantages, they  offered  themselves  on  the  altar.  The  following 
brethren  were  called  to  leave  the  valley  for  foreign  missions: 
To  England — 'Apostle  Franklin  D.  Richards,  and  Elders 


Joseph  W.  Johnson,  Joseph  W.  Young,  Haden  W.  Church, 
George  B.  Wallace  and  John  S.  Higbee. 

To  France — Apostle  John  Taylor,  and  Elders  Curtis  E. 
Eolton  and  John  Pack. 

To  Italy — Apostle,  now  President,  Lorenzo  Snow  and  !•'.!- 
der  Joseph  Toronto. 

To  Denmark — Aposte  Erastus  Snow  and  Peter  0.  Hanscn. 

To  Sweden — Elder  John  E.  Forsgren. 

To  the  Society  Islands — Elders  Addison  Pratt,  James 
Brown,  and  Hiram  Blackwell. 

Two  Scandinavian  countries, — Denmark  and  Sweden — 
were  thus  among  the  first  to  be  selected  to  receive  the  invita- 
tion to  the  "marriage  feast  of  the  Lamb."  Undoubtedly  among 
the  inhabitants  of  northern  Europe  the  seed  of  Israel  is  abun- 
dant. 

The  missionary  zeal  manifested  at  this  early  period  of  the 
history  of  the  Church  is  better  appreciated,  if  it  is  remembered 
that  at  this  time  the  Saints  in  Utah  numbered  only  about 
5,000  souls.  They  were  battling  against  the  climate,  and  the 


countless  insects,  as  well  as  drought.  The  situation  here  was 
described  in  the  General  Epistle  by  the  First  Presidency,  is- 
sued in  the  spring  of  1819:  "In  the  former  part  of  February, 
the  Bishops  took  an  inventory  of  the  breadstuff  in  the  valley, 
when  it  was  reported  that  there  was  little  more  than  three- 
fourths  of  a  pound  per  day  for  each  soul,  until  the  5th  of  July; 
and  considerable  was  known  to  exist  which  was  not  reported. 
As  a  natural  consequence  some  were  nearly  destitute,  while 
others  had  abundance.  The  common  price  of  corn  since  har- 
vest has  been  two  dollars:  some  have  sold  for  three;  at  present 
there  is.  none  in  the  market  at  'any  price.  Wheat  has  ranged 
from  four  to  five  dollars,  and  potatoes  from  six  to  twenty  dol- 
lars per  bushel,  and  though  not  to  be  bought  at  any  price  at 
present,  it  is  expected  ilu'ix-  will  be  a  good  supply  for  seed  by 
another  year." 

This  will  give  an  idea  of  the  temporal  condition  of  the 
Saints  at  the  time  the  Scandinavian  mission  was  founded.  Did 
the  world  ever  present  a  more  striking  example  of  that  im- 
plicit faith  in  God,  which  conquers  all  difficulties  and  obtains 
victory? 


^  HE  student  of  history  can  clearly  perceive  that  the  Scan- 
dinavian countries  at  this  time  were  being  specially  pre- 
pared to  receive  the  Gospel  of  Jesus.  In  Denmark  the 
ancient  spirit  of  liberty,  too  long  held  captive  in  the 
narrow  formalism  of  the  state-church,  commenced  to 
break  its  chains.  We  will  only  mention  the  eloquent  plea 
for  religious  liberty  by  Dr.  A.G.  Rudelbach,and  the  iconoclastic 
thunderbolts  hurled  with  unerring  precision  by  Dr.  S0ren 
Kjerkegaard.  Such  efforts  were  not  without  effect.  They  pre- 
pared the  masses  for  the  light  that  was  to  break  forth,  and 
gave  an  entirely  new  direction  to  the  religious  life.  And  their 
voices  were  heard  far  beyond  the  boundaries  of  Denmark.  They 
re-echoed  through  the  valleys  and  mountains  of  the  Scandina- 
vian peninsula,  on  both  sides  of  Kj01en. 

Religious  liberty  and  liberty  of  the  press  became  two  of 
the  characteristics  of  the  constitution  framed  for  the  kingdom 
of  Denmark  in  1849 — the  year  when  the  Scandinavian  mission 
was  decided  on — and  later  signed  by  King  Frederik  VII.  With- 
out these  concessions,  it  is  difficult  to  see,  how  the  standard 
of  the  Gospel  could  have  been  planted  in  the  three  northern 
conn  tries. 

Whenever  the    Lord  undertakes  to  bring  forth  among  His 


children  something  out  of  the  ordinary,  something  more  di- 
rectly preparatory  for  the  advent  of  His  Son,  He  always  ra 
up  messengers  to  prepare  the  way.  And  in  this  light  tin;  var- 
ious nreachers  of  repentance  in  the  Scandinavian  countries  in 
the  first  half  of  this  century  must  be  considered.  In  Ham- 
burg, Pastor  Oncken  had  succeeded  in  gathering  a  circle  of 
friends  who  believed  in  baptism  by  immersion,  as  taught  by  the 
English  and  American  Baptists.  And  from  Hamburg  this 
spark  of  Scripture  light  was  brought  to  Copenhagen  by  P.  C. 
M0nster  and  to  Gothenburg  by  F.  0.  Nilsson,  a  sailor.  The 
latter  embraced  the  doctrines  of  the  Baptists  in  the  year  1847, 
and  gained  some  friends  in  Gothenburg,  but  he  was  promptly 
banished  from  Sweden.  In  the  year  1849  a  young  Lutheran 
clergyman,  Pastor  A.  Viberg,  wrote  against  the  established 
church  and  was  suspended  for  six  months.  But  he  never  re- 
turned to  that  church.  He  embraced  the  faith  of  the  Baptists 
and  was  baptized  in  Copenhagen  by  Mr.  Xil.sson,  who  was  then 
in  banishment.  Mr.  Viberg  unfolded  great  religious  activity, 
and  was  wonderfully  successful.  Through  him  thousands  were 
drawn  away  from  the  state-church,  and  the  path  he  had  broken 
w,i-  followed  by  a  number  of  various  denominations.  In  Nor- 
way the  work  of  preparing  the  way  for  the  Gospel  may  be 


said  to  have  devolved  upon  the  famous  preacher  of  repentance, 
Hans  Nilsen  Hauge,  who  died  in  the  year  1824,  and  upon  hi= 
followers.  He  never  renounced  the  doctrines  of  the  established 
church,  but  he  laid  bare,  without  mercy,  the  rationalism  and 
hypocrisy  of  the  clerical  caste.  He  was  a  man  without  much 
book  learning,  but  with  burning  zeal  for  what  he  considered  the 
truth.  He  insisted  that  he  was  commissioned  by  God  to  cry 
repentance,  and  although  he  was  incarcerated  for  ten  years 
for  his  religion,  he  remained  faithful.  In  his  twenty-sixth 
year  he  commenced  to  preach  to  his  friends,  and  then  he  trav- 


eled throughout  the  entire  country  of  Norway,  and  finally  went 
to  Denmark,  in  the  year  1800,  where  he  also  gained  many  fol- 
lowers. 

There  were  in  the  Scandinavian  countries  many  noble 
messengers,  who  each  in  his  day  prepared  the  way  for  the 
Gospel.  It  was  all  the  work  of  the  Almighty.  It  was  a  mani- 
festation of  that  Power,  which  had  set  about  to  gather  together 
the  dry  bones  in  the  valley,  and  which  will  not  cease,  until 
they  are  all  clothed  over  with  new  forms,  in  which  the  divine 
Spirit  lives. 


THE  GJOST-EI, 


DENMARK. 


JOURNEY  across  the  American  continent  and  the 
ocean  at  that  time  was  an  undertaking  of  the  magnitude 
of  which  the  present  generation,  with  its  ocean  grey 
hounds  and  fast  express  trains,  hardly  can  have  a  true 
conception.  The  conference  was  held  on  the  6th  and 
7th  of  Octobcr,and  il  was  already  late  in  the  season  fora 
trip  across  the  mountains.  But  the  missionaries  had  been 
called,  and  set  apart,  for  a  work  of  vast  importance,  and  they 
did  not  hesitate.  They  made  such  preparations  as  time  and 
their  limited  means  would  permit,  and  on  the  19th  of  October 
they  were  gathered  at  the  mouth  of  Emigration  canyon,  where 
they  were  organized  into  a  traveling  party,  by  President  Brig- 
ham  Young.  There  were  thirty-five  men  in  the  party,  with 
twelve  wagons  and  forty-two  horses  and  mules.  Shadrach 
Iloundy  was  appointed  captain.  And  now  the  start  was  made. 
The  hand  of  the  Lord  was  over  the  little  party.  According  to 
the  testimony  of  Elder  John  Taylor,  the  season  was  inclement, 
but  the  preserving  hand  of  the  Almighty  was  clearly  seen. 
"The  snows  had  fallen,"  says  Elder  Taylor,  "on  our  right  and 
left,  but  with  a  slight  fall  on  the  Sweetwater,  and  another  on 
the  day  of  our  arrival  at  Old  Fort  Kearney,  we  have  escaped 
unharmed." 


The  party  arrived  at  Fort  Kearney  on  the  Missouri  river 
on  the  7th  of  Dec.,  1849,  and  a  few  days  later  at  Kanesville, 
where  they  were  received  by  the  Saints  with  many  tokens  of 
love  and  joy.  From  Kanesville  the  missionaries  took  different 
routes  to  the  coast,  and  across  the  Atlantic.  Peter  <).  Ilansen 
landed  in  Liverpool  on  the  8th  of  April,  1850;  Erastus  Snow 
came  there  on  the  IGth,  and  John  E.  Forsgren  on  the  19th.  At 
the  time  there  were  about  30,000  Saints  in  Great  Britain,  and 
those  set  apart  for  the  European  mission  were  aided  financially 
by  them.  Elder  P.  0.  Hansen  proceeded  to  Scotland,  where 
he  was  liberally  provided  for  by  the  Saints,  and  from  there  he 
went  to  his  native  land,  Denmark,  arriving  in  Copenhagen  on 
the  llth  of  May,  I860.  One  of  his  first  efforts  was  the  publi- 
cation of  a  little  pamphlet  entitled  "En  Advarsel  til  Folket" 
(A  Warning  to  the  Nation).  Elder  Erastus  Snow,  the  Apostle, 
spent  several  weeks  in  England  and  Scotland  among  the  Saints, 
but  finally  he  was  prepared  to  start  for  the  goal  of  his  long 
journey.  He  left  London  on  the  8th  of  June,  accompanied  by 
Elder  George  P.  Dykes,  who  had  performed  missionary  work 
among  the  Norwegians  in  La  Salle  county,  111.,  in  1842,  and 
who  consequently  had  some  knowledge  of  the  Danish-Norwe- 
gian tongue.  In  Hull  the  two  Elders  were  joined  by  Elder 


John  E.  Forsgren.  The  three  embarked  in  the  steamer  Vic- 
toria on  the  llth  of  June,  and  arrived  in  Copenhagen  on  Fri- 
day, the  14th  of  the  same  month,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing. They  were  met  at  the  landing  by  Elder  P.  0.  Hansen, 
who  conducted  them  to  a  hotel,  and  here,  in  their  room,  one  of 
their  first  acts  was  to  offer  up  thanksgivings  to  the  Almighty 
for  His  preserving  care  over  them,  and  to  dedicate  themselves 
to  His  service  in  this  to  them  foreign  land,  imploring  His  pro- 
tection and  blessings  upon  their  labors. 

On  the  following  day,  the  little  party,  after  earnest  pray- 
ers, set  out  to  find  a  family  with  whom  to  stop.  Their  quest 
was  not  in  vain.  The  Lord  guided  them  to  No.  196,  Bredgadc, 
where  one  Mr.  Lauritz  15.  Mailing  lived,  of  whom  they  rented  a 
large  and  commodious  upper  room,  boarding  with  the  family. 
They  were  treated  with  the  utmost  courtesy.  Mailing  and  his 
wife,  later,  joined  the  Church,  though  they  did  not  remain 
long  within  its  folds. 

The  kingdom  of  heaven  has  been  likened  to  a  mustard 
seed,  which,  though  small,  grows  to  a  large  tree.  From  a  small 
beginning  it  develops  into  large  proportions.  It  was  so  in 
Denmark.  On  Sunday,  June  16,  the  missionaries  commenced 
their  work  by  attending  a  meeting  conducted  by  Rev.  Peter  C. 
Menster,  a  Baptist  minister  who  had  suffered  much  perse- 
cution, at  the  instigation  of  the  Lutheran  clergy.  Mr.  M0n- 


ster  received  the  strangers  cordially.  In  the  afternoon  they 
had  a  pleasant  conversation  with  Captain  Simonsen,  a  gentle- 
man, who  gave  them  much  valuable  information  of  the  country 
and  the  people. 

On  Monday  they  received  a  call  from  Rev.  M0nster,  the 
Baptist  minister.  He  told  the  brethren  the  quite  interesting 
story  of  his  religious  labors  and  his  sufferings,  at  the  hands  of 
mobs  as  well  as  of  officers  of  the  law.  The  Elders,  in  turn,  told 
him  of  the  work  of  the  Lord  in  America,  and  explained  to  him 
the  nature  of  their  message.  They  assured  him  that  they  had 
not  come  to  undo  what  the  Lord  had  done  through  him,  but  to 
aid  him  and  his  people  to  still  greater  perfection.  The  inter- 
view was  a  pleasant  one. 

On  Tuesday,  June  18,  Elders  Erastus  Snow  and  George  P. 
Dykes  paid  a  visit  to  Walter  Forward,  the  U.  S.  minister  in 
Copenhagen.  He  welcomed  them  cordially  and  made  many  in- 
quiries about  the  ''Mormons"  and  their  religion.  He  denounced 
the  spirit  of  persecution  that  had  been  rampant  in  the  United 
States,  and  promised  the  missionaries  every  assistance  he  could 
render. 

On  the  19th  Elders  Dykes  and  Hansen  visited  Rev.  P.  C. 
M0nster  and  imparted  to  him  much  instruction.  They  also 
visited  other  families  and  bore  their  testimony  wherever  they 
found  an  opportunity  to  do  so.  The  result  was  that  they  very 


soon  found  themselves  surrounded  by  a  circle  of  friends,  some 
of  whom  were  earnestly  investigating  the  Gospel.  On  the  21st 
of  July  the  first  public  meeting  was  held  at  the  house  of  Peter 
Biickstrom,  Store  Kongens  Gade.  Quite  a  number  of  Bap- 
tists were  present,  and  a  spirit  of  investigation  was  manifest. 
The  Lord  was  opening  the  way  for  a  great  and  marvelous  work. 
If  the  brethren  had  entertained  the  hope  that  Kev.  M0n. 
ster  would  be  among  those  who  received  the  Gospel,  they  were 
doomed  to  disappointment.  As  soon  as  he  realized  that  the 
work  of  the  missionaries  of  necessity  would  result  in  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  church  separate  from  the  Baptist  denomina- 
tion, he  retreated  and  warned  his  flock  from  having  friendly 
associations  with  the  Elders.  It  costs  much  self-abnegation  for 
a  man  in  Mr.  Meiister's  position,  to  embrace  the  truth.  He 
had  left  the  Lutheran  church,  undoubtedly  after  a  long  mental 
struggle,  and  identified  himself  with  a  people,  despised  and 
persecuted.  Was  he  to  take  another  step  and  incur  still  great- 
er persecutions?  He  concluded  not  to  do  this.  But  some  of 
his  flock  had  already  accepted  the  Gospel,  and  decided  to 
ask  for  baptism  at  the  hands  of  the  Elders.  Elder  Snow  rather 
held  them  back,  urging  them  to  investigate  fully  the  principles 
taught.  At  last,  however,  he  was  shown  in  a  dream,  that  it 
would  be  acceptable  to  the  Lord,  to  grant  baptism  to  those  who 


had  applied  for  the  ordinance,  and  he  concluded  not  to  post- 
pone the  matter  any  longer. 

On  Monday,  the  12th  of  August,  1850,  the  holy  ordinance 
was  performed  in  the  waters  of  0resund,  by  Elder  Erastus 
Snow.  He  had  learnt  some  Danish  by  this  time,  and  uttered 
the  impressive  words:  "Ole  Ulrich  Christian  Menster,  Med 
Fuldmagt  fra  Jesuni  Christum  daber  jeg  dig  i  Faderens,  S0n- 
nens  og  den  HellSraanda  Navn.  Amen."  0.  U.  C.  Menster 
(not  the  previously  mentioned  Kev.  M0nster)  was  the  first  one 
baptized  in  this  dispensation  in  Denmark.  There  were  four- 
teen others  baptized  at  the  same  time.  They  were:  Marie 
M0nster,  the  wife  of  ().  I".  C.  Menster,  Hans  Larsen,  and 
wife,  Eline  Dorthea;  Andreas  C.  S.  Hansen,  and  wife,  Anna; 
Johan  B.  F0rsJ,er  and  wife,  Henriette;  Andreas  Aagren,  Anim 
Biickstrom,  Johanne  Andersen;  Marie  Nielsoii,  Jacobsen, 
Langstorff,  and  a  man  whose  name  is  not  on  the  records.  It 
was  a  beautiful  Danish  summer  evening,  when  the  holy  rite 
was  performed.  Anna  Biickstrom,  the  first  woman  baptized, 
afterwards  became  the  wife  of  Elder  Erastus  Snow.  She  is 
still  living  and  residing  in  Salt  Lake  City.  On  the  following 
Wednesday,  the  14th  of  August,  the  ordinance  of  the  laying  on 
of  hands  for  the  reception  of  the  Holy  Ghost  was  attended  to 
in  the  house  of  Peter  Biickstrom,  and  those  who  had  been 
baptized  were  confirmed  members  of  the  Church. 


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The  corner  stone  had  been  laid  for  a  grand  and  magnifi- 
cent structure.  The  seed  sown  with  many  a  prayer  and  suppli- 
cation had  started  to  grow.  The  Lord  had  stretched  out  His 
hands  to  gather  His  people  from  the  northern  lands. 

Four  days  after  the  first  baptism,  eleven  more  converts 
were  added  to  the  Church.  Among  these  were  Knud  H.  Bruun, 
and  Christen  Christiansen.  Brother  Bruun  was  the  first  mem- 
ber of  the  Danish  Lutheran  church  to  embrace  the  Gospel. 
Elder  Dykes  performed  the  baptism. 

On  Sunday,  the  18th  of  August,  1850,  the  converts  were 
confirmed  members  of  the  Church  in  the  house  of  Hans  Lar- 
sen.  Three  children  were  aslo  blessed  on  this  uccasion.  Four 
more  persons  were  baptized  on  that  day,  and  among  these  were 
Peter  Biickstrom. 

On  Sunday,  the  25th  of  August,  the  Sacrament  was  ad- 
ministered for  the  first  time  in  Denmark,  in  the  house  of  Hans 
Larsen.  Brother  Bruun  was  ordained  a  Priest,  and  another 
brother  was  ordained  a  Teacher. 

During  the  month  of  September  the  brethren  appealed 
to  the  Ivultus  minister,  or  secretary  of  ecclesiastical  affairs,  for 
permission  to  preach  in  Denmark,  and  their  request  was  grant- 
ed, but  his  excellency  informed  them,  that  they  might  have 
trouble  with  the  police,  owing  to  the  evil  reports  circulated 
about  the  "Mormons" — a  prediction  that  proved  but  too  true. 


On  the  15th  of  September,  1850,  the  first  branch  of  the 
Church  was  organized  in  a  rented  room  in  Vingaardstraedet, 
with  a  membership  of  about  50,  and  Klder  George  P.  Dykes  as 
president.  John  B.  F0rster  was  appointed  clerk,  and  Lauritz 
B.  Mailing,  Ole  Swendsen,  and  Andreas  Aagren  a  finance  com- 
mittee. 

A  suitable  hall  was  now  rented,  and  the  work  proceeded. 
Baptisms  were  performed,  and  the  power  of  God  was  manifest 
in  spiritual  gifts. 

About  this  time  Elder  Snow  issued  his  well  known  pamph- 
let "En  SandhedsRest,  "  and  later  a  translation  of  the  Book 
of  Mormon  was  prepared  for  the  press  by  Klders  Snow  and  P. 
0.  Hansen.  Elder  Forsgren,  who  had  been  banished  from 
Sweden,  was  appointed  to  labor  in  Copenhagen  and  vicinity, 
and  Elder  Dykes  went  to  Aalborg,  Jylland. 

While  the  brethren  were  laboring  faithfully  and  sur-rr>— 
fully,  the  adversary  mustered  his  forces,  too.  The  newly  bap- 
tized converts  were  the  objects  of  hatred  and  persecution.  One 
of  the  most  active  persecutors  was  stricken  by  the  hand  of  the 
Lord,  and  became  a  raving  maniac,  literally  possessed  by  an 
evil  spirit,  but  this  did  not  deter  others  from  raging  against 
the  Saints.  On  account  of  the  disturbances  by  mobs,  the  public 
meetings  had  to  be  discontinued  for  a  time,  and  the  Saints 
gathered  quietly  in  their  homes,  where  they  engaged  in  prayer 


and  worship.  They  also  sent  a  deputation  to  the  king,  Frodorik 
VII,  presenting  him  with  a  copy  of  the  Book  of  Mormon  and 
Elder  Snow's  "En  Sandheds  E0st,"  It  is  said  the  king  sent 
the  books  to  the  queen  dowager,  and  that  they  made  such  an 
impression  on  her,  that  she  became  sick  for  several  days. 


At  the  close  of  the  year  1850,  there  were  about  130  mem- 
bers of  the  Church  in  Denmark.  The  foundation  had  been 
laid  for  the  Scandinavian  mission,  which  has  been,  and  is,  so 
important  a  part  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day 
Saints. 


12 


rr  -ro  s-\vi<:i>K'.x. 


>6  ALKKADY  stated,  ->i  the  <  ctober  conference  held  in 
Sail  Lake  City  in  the  year  1849,  Elder  John  K.  Fors- 
gren  was  set  apart  as  a  messenger  of  the  Gospel  to 
Sweden.  Accordingly,  he  took  an  aflVot  innate  farewell 
of  his  brethren  in  Copenhagen  on  the  l!)th  of  June, 
1850,  and  proceeded  to  Gefle,  his  native  town.  "He  took 
leave  of  us,"  says  Apostle  Krastns  Snow,  "with  our  blesssings 
upon  his  head,  and  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  though  his  eyes  were 
full  of  tears  and  his  heart  ready  to  burst." 

It  has  often  been  the  case  that  the  messengers  of  the  Gos- 
pel have  found  the  way  prepared  before  them  by  the  Lord, 
through  visions,  or  dreams,  and  Elder  Forsgren  had  a  similar 
experience.  On  his  arrival  in  Gellc  he  learned  that  his  sister 
some  time  previous  had  had  a  remarkable  vision  which  had 
made  a  deep  impression  upon  her.  She  was  sitting  in  church 
one  Sunday  morning,  having  previously  engaged  in  devotional 
exercises.  As  the  hymn  was  sung,  she  saw  clearly  a  personage 
standing  before  her,  who  said:  "On  the  5th  of 'July  a  man  will 
come  to  you  with  three  books,  and  all  those  that  believe  in  the 
things  written  in  the  books  shall  be  saved."  When  Elder  Fors- 
gren arrived  with  the  .Bible,  the  Book  of  Mormon,  and  the 
Doctrine  and  Covenants,  she  believed  his  testimony. 


The  Lord,  further,  sealed  hi-  pn  aching  with  a  wonderful 
miracle  of  healing.  Elder  Forsgren's  brother,  Peter,  was  suf- 
fering of  consumption,  but  he  was  completely  restored  through 
faith  and  prayer,  lie  was  the  first  to  receive  baptism,  on  the 
19th  of  July.  Elder  Peter  A.  Forsgren  is  still  a  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  Church,  residing  in  Brighain  City,  I'tah.  Shortly 
afterwards,  on  the  3rd  of  Augu-t.  l-'.lder  Fcn-sgivn  Uipti/i'd  his 
sister  and  two  other  person.*. 

Lliler  Peter  Forsgren  relates  a  remarkable  incident.  His 
brother  was  one  day  summoned  to  the  office  of  the  public 
prosecutor,  and  the  latter  asked  him  if  he  had  a  picture  of  the 
Prophet  Joseph.  He  procured  a  picture,  and  the  officer  set 
fire  to  it.  While  it  was  burning,  Elder  John  Forsgren  had  a 
vision  in  which  he  saw  the  city  of  Gefle  destroyed  by  fire.  He 
told  his  friends  of  this  vision,  and  also  that  they  would  be  in 
America,  when  the  visitation  would  take  place.  Xineteen 
years  from  the  date  of  the  burning  of  Joseph's  picture,  the  city 
of  Gefle  was  almost  totally  destroyed  by  fire,  and  the  conflagra- 
tion started  in  the  very  house,  where  the  picture  of  the  Prophet 
had  been  sacrificed  to  the  flames. 

Elder  Peter  Forsgren  continued  his  labor  under  many 
difficulties.  Among  the  first  to  embrace  the  Gospel  were  seven- 


teen  persons  who  were  about  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States. 
Some  of  these,  it  is  believed,  found  their  way  to  the  settlements 
of  the  Saints  in  the  West. 

According  to  the  laws  of  Sweden  at  that  time  it  was  a 
criminal  offense  for  anybody  but  regularly  appointed  clergy- 
men, to  preach  the  Gospel,  or  administer  in  the  sacred  ordin- 
ances. The  consequence  was  that  the  faithful  messenger  of 
the  Lord  was  arrested  and  sent  to  Stockholm,  the  capital  of 
the  kingdom.  As  a  prisoner  he  had  many  opportunities,  as 
the  Apostle  Paul  formerly,  to  bear  his  testimony  to  civil  and 
ecclesiastical  authorities,  and  his  name  became  known  all  over 
the  country.  In  the  capital,  many  flocked  around  him  and 
listened  to  his  message  of  love  and  salvation.  Finally  it 
was  decided  to  banish  him  and  send  him  to  America.  He  was 
then  put  aboard  a  vessel.  But  he  soon  gained  favor  with  the 
captain,  and  when  the  ship  touched  at  0resund  he  was  given 
an  opportunity  to  escape  to  Elsinore,  where  the  American  min- 
ister gave  him  protection  against  the  persecution  instigated 
by  the  Swedish  consul  at  that  place.  In  company  with  the 
American  minister,  he  arrived  in  Copenhagen  on  the  18th  of 
September,  1850. 

Not  till  1852  was  another  attempt  made  to  bring  the  mes- 
sage of  salvation  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  famous  "gamla 
Sverige."  In  the  spring  of  that  year  Elder  Mikael  Johnson,  a 


native  of  Sweden,  who  had  embraced  the  Gospel  in  Denmark, 
was  sent  to  Gefle,  the  scene  of  Elder  Forsgren's  labors.  He 
found  that  the  Saints  had  remained  faithful,  and  they  rejoiced 
greatly,  when  he  came.  Elder  Johnson  soon  baptized  a  few 
persons,  when  he  was  arrested  and  sent  to  Stockholm.  He  was 
denied  a  trial,  and  was  simply  transported  in  chains,  as  a  dan- 
gerous criminal,  from  the  capital  to  the  city  of  Malmo  in  the 
southern  province  of  the  kingdom.  His  sufferings  on  the  road 
were  great.  In  Malmo  a  Lutheran  clergyman  visited  him,  and 
asked  him  to  renounce  "Mormonism,"  promising  him  prefer- 
ment in  the  Lutheran  church.  But  the  martyr  refused  to  lis- 
ten to  the  tempter,  and  reminded  him  of  the  "gentleman"  that 
approached  Jesus,  when  He  was  hungry  in  the  wilderness. 
"What,"  the  indignant  minister  exclaimed,  "do  you  compare 
me  to  the  devil!"  Elder  Johnson  was  subsequently  sent  over 
0resund  and  delivered  to  the  police  in  Copenhagen,  a  proceed- 
ing which  was  peculiarly  irregular,  since  Brother  Johnson  was 
a  Swedish  subject  and  had  not  even  had  a  trial.  He  arrived  in 
Copenhagen  on  the  9th  of  September,  1852. 

It  seemed  as  if  every  effort  to  preach  the  Gospel  of  Jesus 
in  Sweden  would  be  in  vain,  against  the  acts  of  persecution  to 
which  the  clergy  resorted  with  such  persistency  and  seemingly 
fiendish  delight.  But  the  work  was  slowly  developing.  At  the 
spring  conference  held  in  Copenhagen  in  1852,  previous  to  the 


H 


departure  home  of  Elder  Erastus  Know,  the  Apostle,  Elders 
Anders  W.  Winberg  and  Nils  Capson  were  sent  as  missionaries 
to  the  province  of  Skane.  Elder  Winberg  left  Copenhagen 
on  the  21st  of  April,  1852,  and  went  to  the  city  of  Lund,  where 
his  parents  were  living.  Here  lie  met  with  success,  and  on 
the  7th  of  June,  the  same  year,  he  baptized  his  sister  and 
brother-in-law,  Peter  Peterson  and  wife.  On  the  10th  of  Aug- 
ust he  baptized  Carl  Capson  and  Fredrik  Lundblad.  The  two 
missionaries  then  went  to  Copenhagen  for  a  short  visit,  but  re- 
turned to  their  field  of  labor  in  company  with  Elder  Holm- 
sted.  These  three  labored  with  much  diligence,  and  success. 
Some  of  the  converts  went  to  Copenhagen  to  be  baptized  in 
order  to  avoid  legal  complications  in  Sweden.  The  persecution 
still  raged,  but  the  work  continued  spreading,  and  on  the  24th 
of  April,  1853,  the  first  branch  of  the  Church  in  Sweden  was 
organized  on  the  estate  Skurup.  It  was  called  the  Skonabiick 


branch  and  numbered  36  members.  Elder  Peter  Peterson 
presided.  A  second  branch  was  organized  in  the  city  of  Malmo 
mi  the  25th  of  April.  Plans  Lundblad  was  appointed  president. 
A  third  branch  was  organized  in  a  village  called  Lomma,  over 
which  Elder  A.  Jo'nson  presided.  The  fourth  branch  was 
organized  in  the  city  of  Lund,  on  the  30th  of  April,  over  which 
Elder  Carl  Capson  was  appointed  president. 

On  Saturday  evening,  the  25th  of  June,  1853,  a  meeting 
was  held  in  the  city  of  Lund,  in  a  barn  belonging  to  Carl  Cap- 
son,  and  four  branches  were  combined  into  the  so-Chllud  Skane 
conference,  over  which  Elder  Hans  Lundblad  was  appointed 
president.  About  one  hundred  persons  were  present  on  this 
occasion,  and  among  them  were  the  late  Elder  Peter  0.  Han- 
son, and  Elder  0.  Liljenquist,  now  partriarch. 

The  Gospel  seed  had  been  planted  in  Sweden.  It  has 
yielded  an  abundant  harvest  of  precious  souls. 


15 


THE   MESSAGE 


,HEN  the  time  was  ripe  for  the  introduction  of  the 
Gospel  to  Norway,  the  Lord  opened  the  way.  As  an- 
ciently He  led  Peter  to  the  house  of  Cornelius,  or 
Philip  to  the  wagon  of  the  devout  Ethiopian,  so  He  di- 
rected the  first  Norwegian  Saints  to  His  servants. 
A  Norwegian  skipper,who  often  sailed  between  0sterri- 
s0r  and  Aalborg  (Denmark)  heard  through  a  friend  named  01- 
sen,a  resident  of  the  latter  place,  about  the  new  doctrine,and  at 
once  a  desire  was  kindled  in  his  heart  to  learn  more  about  it. 
At  the  same  time  the  Spirit  impressed  Erastus  Snow,  the  Apos- 
tle, to  make  a  visit  to  Aalborg.  He  arrived  at  this  place  on 
the  27th  of  August,  1851,  and  the  following  week  received  a 
visit  from  Mr.  Larsen.  Elder  Snow  writes:  "While  stopping 
with  Brother  Hans  Peter  Jensen,  in  N0rre  Sundby,  a  Nor- 
wegian by  the  name  of  -Svend  Larsen,  the  master  of  a  small 
merchant  vessel,  came  and  visited  me.  He  said  he  had  heard 
of  me,  and  my  religion,  and  had  come  with  a  view  to  learn 
more  about  it.  I  improved  the  opportunity  to  explain  to  him 
the  principles  of  the  Gospel  and  the  order  of  the  kingdom  of 
God,  as  it  had  been  revealed  from  the  Lord;  he  received  my 
testimony  with  gladness.  His  vessel  being  ready  to  sail  for 


Norway,  I  called  and  appointed  Elder  Hans  T.  Petersen  to  go 
with  Mr.  Larsen  home  to  open  up  the  Gospel  door  in  Norway. 
The  two  sailed  together  on  the  4th  of  September,  well  supplied 
with  Books  of  Mormon  and  tracts."  The  vessel  encountered 
fearful  storms  and  had  to  seek  shelter  twice  in  the  harbor  of 
Frederikshavn.  It  seemed  as  if  the  adversary  was  bent  upon 
destroying  the  frail  craft  that  carried  the  Gospel  messengers 
across  the  water,  but  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  over  His  ser- 
vants, and  they  landed  safely  in  0sterris0r  on  the  llth  of 
September,  1851. 

The  next  day  Elder  Petersen  commenced  to  visit  the  peo- 
ple and  distribute  tracts.  Having  no  passport  he  was  soon 
summoned  to  appear  before  the  authorities  to  render  an  ac- 
count of  himself.  He  explained  the  object  of  his  coming  and 
added  that  if  it  was  contrary  to  the  law  to  hold  public  meet- 
ings, he  would  confine  his  work  to  private  conversations.  He 
was  then  permitted  to  go,  with  the  understanding  that  he  was 
to  procure  his  passport,  and  he  continued  to  hold  conversations 
with  people  that  visited  him.  Soon  he  found  it  necessary, 
however,  to  return  to  Aalborg.  He  took  passage  for  that 
place  in  Captain  Larsen's  vessel,  and  arrived  there  on  the  23rd 
of  September.  In  the  evening  of  that  day  Captain  Larsen 


16 


LORE-NZO  SNOW. 

BORN  APDIL  3.    I8I4- 


G^OQ.CANNi         ,  COUNSELOR. 

BOPNJAN.  II.  1827. 


JOESE-Ph  P.  SMITh.5ECONDCOUN3eLOR 
BORN   NOV.  13.  IS3B. 


J  HENRY  SMlTh. 
if  PT  IS  l 


B,RI.OHAM     YOUNG 

IO36 


PRA  '  MAN 

BORN     >AN.  \Z 


j.  GRANT. 

BOON    NOV.  22.IS56. 


BOON     DE-C.a.l8SI 


MATTHIAS    F-    C .. 
BORN    AUG.  -r 


MACR1NE-B   W.  MeRRILL, 
BOBN   SE-PT.  25    IS32. 


ANHhON  til  LUND 


BUDOE-B  CLAW5ON. 
BORN    MAR  .  12    1857 


,M    O.WOODFfUPP, 
BOPN  NOV. 23   1672. 


baptized  by  Elder  Ole  Christian  Nielsen,  and  was  the  first  Nor- 
wegian to  enter  the  Church  in  the  old  country. 

On  the  5th  of  October,  Elder  Petersen,  in  company  with 
Elder  Johan  August  Ahmansen,  embarked  for  the  second  time 
for  0sterris0r  in  Norway.  They  found  shelter  this  time  at 
the  home  of  one  John  Olsen,  and  here  the  Elders  soon  found 
an  opportunity  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  a  large  crowd  which 
unexpectedly  gathered  at  the  house.  They  also  bore  their  tes- 
timony wherever  they  found  people  willing  to  listen  to  them. 
On  the  2nd  of  November  Elder  Petersen  held  the  first  public 
meeting  at  a  place  called  E0d.  On  the  26th  of  November  he 
baptized  Peter  Adamsen  and  John  Olsen,  and  then  the  clouds 
of  persecution  that  had  been  gathering  for  some  time  broke 
over  the  few  Saints.  A  mob  gathered  determined  to  do  vio- 
lence to  Brother  Petersen.  They  did  not  find  him,  though  a 
careful  search  was  made  of  the  house  in  which  he  was.  The 
gathering  of  the  mob  continued,  and  he  appealed  to  the  au- 
thorities for  protection.  He  was  then  summoned  to  appear  be- 
fore the  mayor  and  explain  why  he  had  administered  the  or- 
dinance of  baptism  without  having  "authority"  to  do  so.  He 
produced  his  Church  credentials,  which  were  sent  to  the 
amtmand,  or  governor,  at  Arendal,  but  that  official  refused  to 
recognize  those  credentials,  and  he  was  prohibited  from  officiat- 
ing in  any  ecclesiastical  acts. 


He  now  decided  to  leave  0sterris0r  but  before  he  could  do 
so,  on  the  evening  of  the  12th  of  December,  1851,  the  house 
where  he  was  staying  was  forcibly  entered  by  a  crowd  which 
demanded  that  the  "Mormon  priest"  be  turned  over  to  them. 
They  ransacked  the  house  in  vain.  They  could  not  find  him. 
It  was  as  if  their  eyes  had  been  stricken  with  blindness.  The 
mobbers  were  dispersed  by  the  police. 

On  the  14th  of  December  Elder  Petersen  had  a  pleasant 
interview  with  Svend  Peter  Larsen  from  Frederikstad,  who 
came  from  that  place  to  see  him.  He  was  on  his  way  to  Bergen, 
and  Elder  Petersen  decided  to  accompany  him.  Larsen  was  the 
commander  of  a  little  coasting  vessel.  Their  first  stopping 
place  was  Arendal,  and  here  the  missionary  bore  his  testimony 
to  many  souls.  On  Jan.  4,  1852,  they  landed  in  Mandal,  where 
they  remained  one  week,  preaching  the  Gospel.  On  one  oc- 
casion they  found  a  large  audience  in  a  house  where  they  had 
been  to  dinner,  and  in  the  audience  was  Pastor  Vogt,  an  in- 
fluential clergyman  and  member  of  the  parliament.  This  gen- 
tleman said  Elder  Petersen  had  not  spoken  the  truth,  and  was 
promptly  challenged  to  prove  his  assertion.  He  failed  to  ac- 
cept the  challenge,  and  Brother  Petersen  made  many  friends 
in  the  audience. 

On  the  18th  of  January  they  arrived  in  Bergen,  one  of 
the  most  ancient  and  important  cities  of  the  kingdom  of  Nor- 


way,  and  here  Elder  Petersen  spent  the  winter.  He  went  from 
house  to  house  and  bore  his  testimony  to  the  people.  He 
labored  faithfully  under  many  difficulties  and  deprivations  un- 
til early  in  April,  when  he  left  for  Copenhagen  in  company 
with  his  friend  Larsen.  The  Lord  had  opened  up  the  way  for 
him  to  preach  the  Gospel  in  several  of  the  principal  cities  of  the 
kingdom. 

Brother  Svend  Larsen  and  other  Saints  in  0sterris0r 
continued  to  hold  meetings  and  to  spread  Gospel  tracts. 
They  also  sent  a  petition  to  the  government  to  be  permitted  to 
form  a  church  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Dis- 
senter law,  hut  their  petition  was  not  granted,  the  theological 
faculty  in  Christiania  having  ruled  that  the  members  of  the 
Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints  arc  not  "Chris- 
tians.'' They  were  thus  deprived  of  the  religious  liberty 
granted  by  law  In  other  dissenters. 

On  the  10th  of  June,  1852,  Elders  Hans  Peter  Jensen  and 
Johan  A.  Ahmansen  landed  in  Brevig,  where  they  held  meet- 
ings and  distributed  tracts.  They  found  bitter  opponents  in 
a  newspaper  editor,  a  clergyman  and  a  school  teacher.  Elder 
Jensen  proceeded  to  0sterris0r,  where  he  ordained  Brother 
Svend  Larsen  an  Elder  and  blessed  his  children.  On  the  2oth 
he  baptized  six  persons.  Then  he  went  to  Arendal,  Christian- 
sand  and  Mandal.  He  had  a  remarkable  experience  on  this 


journey.  On  his  arrival  in  Mandal,  his  feet  were  so  badly 
blistered  that  he  was  unable  to  proceed  any  further.  But  he 
was  unable  to  secure  shelter  here,  so  he  decided  to  trust  in  the 
Lord,  and  return  to  0sterris0r,  a  distance  of  about  80  miles. 
Strange  to  say,  as  he  proceeded  on  his  weary  journey,  his  feet 
grew  better,  and  when  he  arrived  at  his  destination,  he  was 
free  from  sores  and  felt  as  strong  as  ever.  In  one  place  he 
met  a  bear,  and  the  two  eyed  one  another  with  mutual  su  — 
picions  for  a  moment.  Then  the  bear  took  another  course 
and  left  the  traveler  to  ponder  over  the  goodness  of  the  Lord. 

Brother  Jensen  arrived  in  0sterris0r  on  the  8th  of  July, 
and  about  that  time  the  first  branch  of  the  Church  in  Xorway 
was  organized  in  that  city,  with  eighteen  members  and  John 
Olsen  as  presiding  Elder. 

On  the  18th  of  July  Elder  Jensen  returned  in  company 
with  Brother  Swend  Larsen  to  Brevig.  Here  they  hired  a 
hall  and  preached  the  Gospel.  Clergymen  frequented  their 
meetings. 

In  the  month  of  August  a  small  vessel  was  bought,  and 
named  "The  Lion  of  Zion."  It  was  to  be  at  the  service  of  the 
Elders  in  traveling  from  place  to  place  along  the  coast.  It 
became  very  useful  both  in  Xorway  and  in  Denmark.  At 
Frederikstad  a  branch  was  soon  organized. 

Elder  Jensen  returned  to  Denmark  in  July,  1852,  in  their 


little  mission  vessel,  having  appointed  Elder  John  A.  Ahman- 
sen  to  preside  over  the  Norwegian  mission.  On  the  voyage 
they  encountered  a  terrific  storm  and  were  driven  toward  the 
Swedish  coast.  However,  they  were  rescued  by  an  English 
frigate,  and,  the  storm  having  abated,  steered  for  Denmark. 
The  next  day  they  arrived  at  Aalborg. 

The  work  was  continued  in  Norway  by  Elder  Johan  A. 


Ahmansen  and  Jeppe  G.  Folkman.  They  organized  the  third 
branch  in  Brevig  with  about  fifteen  members.  In  August  of 
the  year  1852,  the  Church  numbered  about  fifty  members  in 
Norway.  The  foundation  had  been  laid  for  the  work  that  was 
continued  by  the  many  faithful  laborers  that  in  after  years 
preached  the  Gospel,  and  suffered  persecution  and  deprivations, 
in  the  beautiful  land  of  the  Midnight  Sun. 


OPPOSING    FORCKS    1MKET. 


'HE  difficulties  attending  the  introduction  of  the 
Gospel  in  the  Scandinavian  countries  are  best  un- 
derstood from  the  experiences  of  the  Elders, 
who  suffered  persecution  in  various  ways.  The 
following  statement  of  Elder  Dykes  is  but  a  sample  of 
many.  He  wrote: 

"On  the  27th  of  June,  1851,  I  landed  in  Hamburg,  and 
proceeded  immediately  on  my  journey  over  land,  and  by  travel- 
ing day  and  night  I  was  enabled  to  reach  the  city  of  Aalborg, 
my  former  field  of  labor;  but,  indeed,  too  late  to  save  the  little 
flock  from  a  very  heavy  blow.  The  spirit  of  persecution  had 
arisen,  and  the  mob  had  assembled  and  broken  the  windows  of 
the  Saints'  meeting  house,  and  demolished  all  the  furniture 
within;  and  thence,  proceeding  from  house  to  house,  they  had 
broken  the  windows  of  nearly  all  the  dwellings  of  the  Saints 
in  the  city,  while  the  civil  authorities  looked  on  with  seeming 
indifference. 

"A  few  days  after  these  things  occurred  I  entered  the 
city;  I  had  not  heard  a  word  of  them  till  I  stood  by  the  side  of 
the  house  where  I  had  so  often  met  with  the  Saints,  and  where 
T  had  preached  the  word  to  sinners.  But  I  leave  you  to  judge 


of  my  feelings,  when,  instead  of  meeting  the  joyful  smiles  of 
beloved  Saints,  I  saw  the  windows  and  furniture  of  the  house 
broken  to  pieces,  and  no  Saints  to  welcome  me  there;  for  they 
were  not  now  privileged  to  appear  in  the  streets  without  being 
grossly  insulted,  and  sometimes  shamefully  beaten. 

"While  I  was  thus  pondering  over  these  things,  an  officer 
appeared  and  requested  me  to  come  immediately  to  the  mayor's 
office,  which  I  did,  and  that  officer  peremptorily  told  me  I  had 
better  leave  the  city  forthwith,  as  he  would  not  promise  me 
protection  from  the  mob  for  one  hour.  And  as  there  was  a 
steamer  then  at  the  wharf  to  sail  that  afternoon  for  Copen- 
hagen I  went  on  board.  Hut  the  mob,  hearing  that  I  was  in 
the  city,  began  to  gather;  some  went  to  the  mayor's  office  to 
find  me,  but  he  told  them  he  had  me  in  prison.  Others  went 
to  the  ship,  but  the  captain  told  them  I  had  left  and  gone  up 
into  the  city;  and  thus  they  were  ranging  about  for  me  till  the 
appointed  hour  for  sailing,  when  I  think  there  were  more  than 
a  thousand  persons  assembled  on  the  beach.  I  remained  in 
the  cabin  till  we  were  fairly  out  of  reach,  when  I  came  up  on 
deck  to  see  the  sight;  and  being  thus  delivered  I  gave  God  the 
glory." 

But  such  experiences  were  not  the  most  discouraging.    It 


sometimes  happened  that  members  of  the  Church  fell  into 
transgression,  and  were  literally  given  over  to  the  "buffetings 
of  Satan."  Then  the  faith  of  the  Elders  was  tried  indeed. 

But  the  "little  stone"  rolled  on,  and  grew  on  its  onward 
course.  Half  a  century  has  now  been  recorded  in  the  annals 
of  history,  since  the  work  was  commenced,  and  during  this 
time  23,349  souls  have  by  baptism  been  added  to  the  Church 
in  Denmark:  16,043  in  Sweden,  and  5,643  in  Norway,  or,  in 
all,  45,035.  During  the  same  time,  12,317  Saints  have  emi- 
grated from  Denmark  to  Utah;  6,942  from  Sweden,  and  2,312 
from  Norway — a  total  of  21,571.  In  these  numbers  small 
children  are  not  included.  It  is  supposed  their  number  would 
swell  the  grand  total  by  one-third.  By  adding  the  descend- 
ants of  these  industrious  immigrants  to  the  numbers  given,  an 
idea  may  be  formed  of  the  part  the  Scandinavian  Saints  have 
had  in  the  development  of  this  beautiful  region.  The  action 


taken  by  the  October  conference,  1849,  when  the  Church  was 
poor  in  everything  but  faith  in  God,  and  spiritual  gifts,  has 
indeed  borne  wonderful  fruits. 

According  to  the  latest  statistics  there  are  three  confer- 
ences in  each  of  the  three  Scandinavian  countries.  In  Den- 
mark, the  Copenhagen,  Aarhus,  and  Aalborg  conferences:  in 
Sweden,  the  Stockholm,  Gothenburg,  and  Malmo  conferences, 
and  in  Norway,  the  Christiania,  Bergen  and  Trondhjem  eon  Ter- 
ences. There  are  twenty-two  branches  of  the  Church  in  Swe- 
den, with  2,288  members.  In  Denmark  there  are  seventeen 
branches,  with  1,185  members,  and  in  Norway  nineteen 
branches  with  965  members,  or  in  all,  fifty-eight  branches  with 
4,438  members.  If  the  994  children  under  eight  years  of  age 
are  added,  the  total  is  5,432  members  of  the  Church. 

In  Sweden  there  are  now  60  missionaries  from  Zion;  in 
Denmark  58,  and  in  Norway  40. 


MISSIONARIES    A:srr>    VISITORS. 


,o&v 

a  complete   list  of    missionaries  from 

K 

Peter  Baekstrom 

36. 

George  M.  Brown 

Jr  FOLLOWING  is 

°®i  yj   Zion,  who  have 

labored  in,  or  visited,  the  Scandinavian 
figures  before  a  name  indicate  the  sec- 

20. 
21. 
22. 

Knud  H.  Bruun 
Hans  P.  Lund 
John   P.    P.    Dorius 

37. 

* 

John   E.   Evans 
(2)  George  Q.  Cannon 

mission.       The 

I      ond  or  tliird  mi 

ssion,  and  the  stars  indicate  those  who 

23. 

24. 

H.  Olin  Hansen 
Hans  C.  Hansen 

6 

1864. 
John  W.  Youne 

5     p\    liave  only  paid  a 
uv 

lirid'  visit  to  the  mission: 

25. 

Anders  Christensen 

38. 

Carl    Widerborg 

* 

Amasa   M.    Lyman 

39. 

(Jeorge  W.  Gee 

1850. 

1856. 

• 

Charles  C.  Rich 

40. 

John   Sharp,   Jr 

1.     Peter  O.  Hansen 

*      Ezra  T.  Benson 

1861. 

1865. 

2.     Erastus  Snow 

*     John  Kay 

26. 

Jesse    N.    Smith 

41. 

Joseph  11.  Felt 

3.     John    E.    Porseren 

27. 

William   W.   Cluff 

* 

Daniel  H.  Wells 

•!.     George  P.  Dykes 

1857. 

28. 

Johannes  P.  R.  Johansen 

42. 

Niels  Wilhelmsen 

1852. 
5.     Willard   Snow 

11.     Joseph  W.  Young 
12.     John  Y.  Greene 

* 
* 

(2)  Amasa  M.  Lyman 
(2)  Charles  C.  Rich 

43. 
44. 
45. 

Christen    Christiansen 
S0ren  Iversen 
Peter  Hansen 

13.     Iver  N.   Ivorsen 

1862. 

46. 

Niels  Nielsen 

1853. 

* 

George  Q.  Cannon 

47. 

Morten   Lund 

6.     Hans   Peter  Olsen 
7.     Erik  G.   M.   Hogan 
8.     Canute  Peterson 
9.     John  Van  Cott 

1858. 
*     Asa  Calkin 

1859. 

* 

29. 
30. 
31. 

Joseph  F.  Smith 
Samuel   H.   B.   Smith 
John   Smith 
Hans  C.  Hansen 
Anders  W.   Winbere 

48. 
49. 
50. 
51. 
52. 

Hans   Jensen    (Hals) 
Anders  Nielsen 
Fred  C.  S0rensen. 
Anders  Larsen 
Svend  Larsen 

*     Jabez  Woodard 

32. 

Johan    Swenson 

53. 

Hans  Hansen 

1854-                                     14.     (2)  John  Van  Cott 
*      Franklin   D.   Richards                  15.     Ola  N.  Liljenquist 

33. 

Christofter   Holberff 

54. 
55. 

Christopher  O.   Folkmann 
John   Fagerberg 

1863. 

56. 

Gustaf  A.  Olson 

1855. 

1860. 

* 

Chauncey  W.  West 

57. 

Lars  P.  Edholm 

*     David   Spencer 

16.     Christian  A.  Madsen 

* 

Brigham   Young,   Jr 

58. 

Carl   C.   A.   Christensen 

*      Joseph  A.   Young 

17.     Carl   C.   N.   Dorius 

34. 

Samuel  L.  Sprague 

59. 

Jens  Hansen 

10.    Hector  C.  Haight 

IX.    S0ren  ChristofEersen 

35. 

John  Gray 

60. 

Fred  C.  Andersen 

25 


61. 


1866. 

(2)  Brigham   Young,   Jr 
(2)  John   W.   Young 
Johan  P.   Wretberg 

1867. 


62.  Ssemund  Gudmundsen 

63.  Lauritz  Larsen 

64.  Christian  D.  Fjeldsted 

65.  Ole  C.  Olsen 

66.  Morten  Mortensen 

67.  Jens  Johansen 

68.  George  K.  Riis 

69.  Samuel  Petersen 

70.  Jens  Jensen 

71.  Arne   C.   Grue 

72.  Carl   C.   Asmussen 

1868. 

73.  Hans  Petersen 

74.  (2)  Jesse    N.    Smith 

1869. 

75.  Cai  1   Larsen 

7G.  John  Holrnberg 

77.  John  Ehrnsren 

7?.  Eric   Peterson 

79.  Eric   G.    Pehrson 

SO.  John   H.   Hougaard 

81.  Jacob  H.  Jensen 

82.  Lars  P.   Borg 
S3.  Ihins--   P.  til-sen 


1870. 

*  Albert   Carrington 

*  Lewis    W.    Shurtliff 

84.  Peter  Madsen 

85.  Mons   Andersen 

86.  Soren  C.  Thure 

87.  M.  C.  Christensen 

88.  Peter  O.  Thomassen 

89.  (2)  William  W.  Cluff 

90.  Niels  C.  Edlefsen 

91.  Peter  Brown 

92.  Peter   F.    Madsen 

93.  Erik  M.   Caste 

1871. 

*  Horace   S.   Eldredge 

*  Lorin  Farr 

94.  (2)  Canute  Peterson 

95.  Jens  C.  A.  Weibye 

96.  Christian   Willadsen 

97.  Christian  Madsen 

98.  Poul  Dehlin 

99.  Poul  Poulsen 

100.  Anthon    H.    Lund 

101.  Niels   P.   Jensen 

102.  Anders   P.  Soderberg 

1872. 

103.  Christian  F.  Schade 

104.  Peder  C.  Christensen 

105.  Jens  Mikkelsen 

106.  Mathias    B.    Nilson 

107.  Soren  Christiansen 

108.  Peter   G.    Carstensen. 

109.  N.  P.  Lindelof 


1873. 

*  Erastus  Snow 

*  Erastus  W.  Snow 

110.  Christen  G.   Larsen 

111.  Lars  S.   Andersen 

112.  John   Frantzen 

113.  Nils   Anderson 

114.  Andrew  Jenson 

115.  Magnus  Byarnason 

116.  Loptur    Johnson 

117.  Even  Torgesen 

118.  Andrew  S.  Nielsen 

119.  (2)  Peter  O.  Hansen 

120.  Peter  C.  Geertsen 

121.  Jens  Hansen 

122.  Christoffer  S.  Winge 

123.  John  Anderson 

124.  Knud  Petersen 

125.  Samuel  Johnson 

126.  John   F.    Oblad 

1874. 

*  (2)  Joseph  F.  Smith 

*  George  F.  Gibbs 

*  Junius  F.  Wells 

127.  Peter    Hansen 

128.  Andrew  R.  Andersen 

129.  C.  J.  Gustafson 

130.  (2)   Soren  Christoffersen 

131.  S0ren  Petersen 

132.  Nils   C.   Flygare 

133.  John  M.  Larsen 


1875. 

*  (3)  Joseph  F.  Smith 

*  Francis   M.   Lyman 
»  John  H.  Smith 

*  Milton  H.  Hardy 

*  E.  N.  Freeman 

134.  Christen  Jensen 

135.  Hans  P.   Iversen 

136.  Theodor  Didriksen 

137.  Samuel  Byarnasen 

138.  Mads  Christensen 

139.  Mons  Petersen 

140.  (2)  Knud   H.   Bruun 

141.  John  A.   Anderson 

142.  Rasmus  N.  Jeppesen 

143.  Hans  Thunnesen 

144.  John  C.   Sandberg 

145.  John  N.   Larson 

146.  Erik  M.   Larsen 

147.  Sven  Nilson 

148.  Erik  F.   Branting 

1S76. 

*  (2)  Albert   Carrington 

*  Ernest  J.  Young 

*  Arta  D.  Young 

*  James  Sharp 

*  Brigham  W.   Carrington 

149.  (2)  Ola  N.  Liljenauist 

150.  (2)  John  F.  F.  Dorius 

151.  Jens  Keller 

152.  Nils   J.  Gronlund 

153.  Axel   Tullgren 

154.  Fortn  Jensen 


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155.  Ola  Hanson 

156.  S0ren   P.  Neve 

157.  Rasmus  Christensen 

158.  Niels  Mortensen  Petersen 

159.  Ola  Olson 

160.  Alfred  Hansen 

161.  Ingwald  C.  Thoresen 

162.  Jens  C.  Nielsen 

163.  John    E.    Christiansen 

164.  Bendt  Jensen 

iS77. 

165.  J0ns«  Anderson 

166.  John  Petersen 

167.  Carl  Olsen 

168.  Bengt   Nilsen 

169.  Jacob  Rolfsen 

170.  Andrew  F.  Petersen 

171.  August  W.  Carlson 

172.  Anders    Hendriksen 

173.  Olof  A.  T.  Porssell 

174.  John  F.  Olson 

175.  Rasmus  Nielsen 

176.  William  Christensen 

177.  Waldemar   Petersen 

179.  John  Larson 

178.  Jonas  E.  Lindberg 

180.  Johan  A.  Ekman 

181.  John  A.  Quist 

182.  Jens  Christensen 

183.  (2)  Nils  C.  Flygare 

184.  Truls  A.  Halgren 

185.  Lars  P.  Nelson 

186.  Ole  Ellingsen 


*  William  Budge 

187.  Niels   P.   Rasmussen 

188.  Goudy  Hogan 

189.  George  Frandsen 

190.  Lars  Svendsen 

191.  John    A.    Halvorsen 

192.  Christian   Jensen 

193.  Niels  M.  Andersen 

194.  Lars  M.  Olson 

195.  (2)  Jens  Hansen 

196.  Anders  P.  Rose 

197.  Gustav  Andersen 

198.  Christian  H.  Monson 

199.  Peter   Andersen 

200.  Carl  M.  Bergstrom 

201.  Jonas  Halvorsen 

202.  Anders  Hanson 

203.  Ola  Nilson 

204.  Charles    Anderson 

205.  Andrew   Hammer 

206.  (2)  Carl  C.  Asmussen 

207.  (2)  Andrew  Jenson 

*  P.   r>.   S.   Lund 

208.  (2)  Niels   Wilhelmsen 

209.  Ole   C.   Sonne 

210.  John   Eyvindson 

211.  Jacob  B.  Johnson 

212.  Carl  J.  Oberg 

213.  Christian  Jensen 

215.  Laurence  C.  Mariager 

216.  E.  O.  Bylund 

214.  Christian  A. Christensen 

217.  Niels  Thomsen 

218.  Niels  C.  Larsen 


219.  Christen  L.  Hansen 

220.  Christian  Olson 

221.  Nils  B.  Adler 

222.  Mons  Nilsson 

223.  Ludvig   Suhrke 

224.  Herman  F.   F.   Thorup 

225.  John  T.  Thorup 

226.  Ole  N.   Stohl 

227.  Jacob  Hansen 

228.  Peder  Nielsen 

229.  Hans  Funk 

230.  Isaac  Sarensen 

231.  Peter   Nilson 

232.  Anthon  L.  Skanchy 

233.  Fred  Lundberg 

1880. 

234.  Peter   A.    Nielsen 

235.  Lars   K.   Larsen 

236.  Chas.   P.   Warnick 

237.  Ole    C.    Tellefsen 

238.  Hans  J.  Christiansen 

239.  Carl  H.  Lundberg 

240.  Hans  Madsen 

241.  John  Christensen 

242.  Niels  O.  Anderson 

243.  A.  G.  Johnson 

244.  Simon  Christensen 

245.  Jens  I.  Jensen 

246.  Peter  A.  Lofgren 

247.  Christian   Hogensen 

248.  John   Dahle 

*  (2)  William   Budge 

*  Moroni  Snow 


*  Lyman   R.   Martineau 

249.  Charles  Samuelson 

250.  Rasmus  Berntzon 

251.  Nils  Henrikson 

252.  Martin  Jakobson 

253.  Lars  Nielsen 

254.  Pauli  E.  B.  Hammer 

255.  (3)  Peter  O.  Hansen 

256.  Sven   Erikson 

257.  Jacob  P.  Olsen 

258.  Nils  R.  Lindahl 

259.  Lars  N.   Larson 

260.  Jens  Jenson 

261.  James  H.  Hansen 

262.  James   P.   Larsen 

263.  Hans  E.  Nielsen 

264.  Andrew  Amundsen 

265.  James  J.  Hansen 

266.  John  Hansen 

267.  Jens  C.   Olsen 

268.  James  S.  Jensen 

1881. 

269.  Hans  Jargensen 

270.  Jens   Jacobsen 

271.  J.  M.  Christensen 

272.  Jens  Hansen 

273.  Jorgen  Jnrgensen 

274.  Rasmus   Christofltersen 

275.  Lars  P.  Christensen 

276.  Joseph  R.  Linvall 

277.  Jens  P.   Jensen 

278.  O.  C.  Larsen 

279.  Rasmus  Olsen 


27 


280.  Tellef   Israelsen 

281.  (2)  Christian  D.   Fjeldsted 

282.  Peter   Sundwall 

283.  Solomon  Peterson 

284.  S0ren   Chr.  Petersen 

285.  Niels   H.   Hejlesen 

286.  Anders  Larson 

287.  Niels  H.  B0rrtsen 

288.  Christian  Christensen 

289.  Hans  O.  Magleby 

290.  James   Yoreason 

291.  Andrew  Eliason 

292.  Jens  C.  Prost 

293.  A.   C.   Nielsen 

294.  A.  L.  Andersen 

295.  Morten  Rasmussen 

296.  Thomas  C.   Christensen 

297.  Andreas    Hansen 

298.  Hans  C.  Hansen 

299.  Bent  Larsen 

300.  Frederik  Petersen 

301.  John  N.  Olson 

302.  Hans  A.  Hansen 

303.  (2)  H.    O.    Hansen 

304.  Christian  Hansen 

305.  Lars  Mortensen 

306.  Henrik  C.   Jensen 

1882. 

307.  Lars  Svendsen 

308.  Niels  Raemussen 

309.  Christian  Poulsen 

310.  P0ren  Madsen 

311.  John  Anderson 


312.  John  B.  Hess 

313.  Gisle  E.   Bjarnason 

314.  Peter  Valgardson 

*  Ejrik  Olafson 

*  Ane  Johanne  Ottesen 

315.  Emil  Andersen 

316.  N.  C.  Skaugaard 

317.  Halvor  Olsen 

318.  Jeppe  Monson 

319.  Anders  Jonsson 

320.  Hans  J.   Bruun 

321.  Hans   Poulsen 

322.  Charles  E.  Anderson 

323.  Hans  Andersen 

324.  Jeppe  Nilson 

325.  Jakob  J.   H.  Jensen 

326.  Christian  J.  Christiansen 

327.  Charles  A.  Tietjen 

328.  Lars  H.  Outsen 

329.  Peter  Christensen 

330.  Nils  Johnson 

331.  John  Capson 

332.  Niels  W.  Anderson 

333.  Mons  Rosenlund 

334.  Lars  P.  Johnson 

335.  A.  O.  Anderson 

336.  Peter  Anderson 

337.  Carl  August  Ek 

338.  (2)   Andrew  J.  Hansen 

339.  Andreas  Peterson 

340.  Lars  P.  Oveson 

341.  Charles  Jensen 

342.  Gustave  Anderson 

343.  Jens  Olsen 


344.     Bengt  M.  Rawsten 

345.  Christian  Larsen 

346.  James  P.  Olsen 

347.  (2)  Andrew  Amundson 

348.  Thomas  S.   Lund 

349.  Saren  Pedersen 

350.  Anders  Anderson 

351.  !?0ren  Sorensen 

352.  Niels  P.  Peterson 

353.  John  Olsen 

354.  Jens  Peter  Jensen 

355.  Olaus  Johnsen 

356.  Christian  H.  Steffensen 

357.  Andrew  H.  Anderson 

1883. 

358.  Hakon   Anderson 

359.  Fred  Julius  Christiansen 

360.  Lars   M.   Bod 

361.  Christian   Nielsen 

362.  Niels  Larsen 

363.  Andrew  Andersen 

364.  Martin  Jensen 

365.  J0rgen  Daniel  Olsen 

366.  Thorwald  A.  Thoresen 

367.  Gustaf  L.  Rosengren 

368.  Andrew  Christensen 

369.  Frederik  Ludvigsen 

370.  Charles  John  Aaron  Lundkv 

371.  John  Hyrum  Anderson 

372.  J0rgtn  Hansen 

373.  Peter  P0rensen  Sherner 

374.  Charles  W.  Knudsen 

375.  Christian  Nilson 


376.  James  Monson 

377.  Hans  Poulsen 

378.  Samuel  P.   Nlelson 

379.  John  P.  Ipsen 

380.  Lars  Peter  Jensen 

381.  Emil  Ericksen 

382.  Daniel  K.  Brown 

383.  Ole  P0rensen 

384.  Charles  J.  Christensen 

385.  Niels  Peterson 

386.  Lars  F.  Svvalberg 

387.  August  Svenson 

388.  John  Wink 

389.  Martin  Christopherson 

*  John  H.  Smith 

*  James  Wrathall 

390.  (2)   Anthon   H.   Lund 

391.  Hans    D.    Petterson 

392.  Mons   Monson 

393.  Oley  Oleson 

394.  Albin  C.  Anderson 

395.  August  Valentine 

396.  Lars   Larson 

397.  Ole  Hansen 

398.  Frederick  Christensen. 

399.  Andrew  P.   Renstrom 

400.  Andrew  J.  Anderson 

401.  Niels    C.    Martinsen 

1884. 

402.  (2)   Waldemar  Petersen 

403.  Christian  F.  Olsen 

404.  Ferdlnard  F.   Hintze 

405.  Jens  Nielsen 


/ist 


406.  Hans   Christensen 

407.  Peter  Mikkelsen  438. 

408.  Peter  P.  Dyring  439. 

409.  Jens  Olsen  440. 

410.  Saren     Christensen  441. 

411.  (2)   Pauli  E.  B.  Hammer  442. 

•  John   Henry  Smith  443. 

*  George   C.   Lambert  444. 

412.  Christian  Anderson  445. 

413.  Jeppe  Jeppsson  446. 

414.  Thos.  P.  Schroder  447. 

415.  Mads  P.  Madsen  448. 

416.  Niels   C.    Christensen  449. 

417.  Nephi  Anderson  540. 

418.  Matts  S.  Mattson  451. 

419.  Swen    A.    Wamberg  452. 

420.  Peter  W.  Peterson  453. 

421.  Edward  Hanson  454. 

422.  (2)  Christian  Christiansen         455. 

423.  Niels   Hansen  456. 

424.  Christian  N.  Lundsten  457. 

425.  Carl  Gustaf  Anderson  458. 

426.  Rasmus  Borgkvist  459. 

427.  Andrew  Oleson  460. 

428.  John  J.  Johnson  461. 

429.  Johan  P.   Markussen  462. 

430.  John  A.  Elison  463. 

431.  Anders  G.  Sandbere  454. 

432.  Lars  Tooelson  455. 

433.  Charles  J.  Stro  nherg  '    456. 

434.  Peter  M.  Anderson  467. 

435.  August  K.  Anderson 

436.  James  H.  Clinger  * 

437.  Rasmus  P.  Marquardson  468. 


1885. 

August  L.  Hedberg 
(2)  SarenP.  Neve 
John   Pelltt 
Ole  Poulsen 
Niels  H.  Jenson 
Peter  Matson 

(2)  Hans  Jacob  Christiansen 
Jens  Jensen 
(2)  James  Yorgason 
Jens  E.  Nielsen 
Niels  J0rgensen 
Saren  Thomsen 
Niels  A.  Andersen 
Anders  P.  Eliason 
Sven  C.  Nielson 
Jens  Christian  Nielsen 
Carl  F.  Carlson 
Christian  Nielsen 
Niels  Peter  Peterson 
Peder  C.  Jensen 
Ejnar  Erickson 
Jens  Peterson 
Niels  Anderson 
Frederik  N.  Christiansen 
John  Hagman 
Hans  C.  Peterson 
(3)  Soren  Christoffersen 
Jens  Christian  Nielsen 
Peter  A.  Forsgren 
Johan  L.  Berg 
Francis  M.  Lyman,  jun. 
George  C.  Nagle 
Eric  Gustave  Ericson 


*  Daniel  H.  Wells  496. 

*  Chas.  W.   Penrose  497. 

*  George  Osmond  498. 

*  Melvin  D.  Wells  499. 

469.  (3)  Nils  C.  Flygare  500. 

470.  Joseph  Anderson  501. 

471.  Charles  O.  Pederson  502. 

472.  Andrew  Hyer  503. 

473.  Erastus  Anderson  504. 

474.  Anton  Anderson  505. 

475.  Peter  Anderson  506. 

476.  Rasmus  Rasmussen  507. 

477.  Christen  Fransen  508. 

*  Andrew  Appelgren  509. 

478.  Erick  B.  Ericksen  510. 

479.  Swen  O.  Nielsen  511. 

480.  Niels  Mikkelsen  511. 

481.  Victor  C.   Hegsted  512. 

482.  James  J.  Andersen  513. 

483.  Mouritz  Mouritzen  514. 

484.  Peter  Olsen  515. 

485.  Rudolph  Strom  516. 

486.  Niels  O.  Gyllenskog  517. 

487.  Hemming  Hansen  518. 

1886. 

488.  Jens  Hansen 

489.  (2)  Peter  Christian  Geertsen     519. 

490.  Martin  Christensen  520. 

491.  Louis  Jensen  Holther  521. 

492.  Peter  Gustaf  Hanson  522. 

493.  Joseph  Christensen  523. 

494.  John  Anderson  524. 

495.  Anders  G.  Nygren  525. 


Andrew  N.  Miohaelson 
Christian  J.  Balla 
Abraham  Johnson 
August  F.  Westerberg 
PeterHJliaDSon 
Carl  Ericksen 
Albert  Jallestrup 
Svante  Johan  Koeven 
Christian  Olsen 
Nils  Larsen  LindeJef 
Karl  H.  Nordberg 
(2)  Anthon  L.  Skanchy 
(2)   Nils  Peter  Lindelof 
Charles  R.  Dorius 
Gustaf  Backman. 
Christopher  O.   Folkman. 

(2)  Christopher  O.  Folkman 

(3)  Christian  D.  Fjeldsted 
Ola  Olson 

Pehr  Olof  Pehrson 
Hans  Chr.  N.  Hansen 
Willard  Snow  Hansen 
Jacob  Hansen 
Christian  L.  Christiansen 


1887. 

Jasper  Petersen 
Jens  Peter  Meilstrup 
James  Clover 
John  P.  Serensen 
Ephraim  Mortensen 
Gustaf  W.  Blomquist 
Frantz  T.  Greenberg 


ifl 


526.  Hans   Larsen 

527.  James   Ottesen 

528.  Claus  Herman  Karlson 

529.  Peter  Nilson 

530.  Ole  Olson 

531.  James  Thomson 

532.  Christian  J.  Plowman 

533.  Simon  P.  Eggertsen 

534.  Lars  E.  Eggertsen 

535.  John  Peter  Toolsen 

536.  Adolph  Anderson 

537.  Mads  J0rgensen 

538.  Hans  J.   Nielsen. 

539.  Hans  S0ransen 

1887. 

540.  Carl  Eliason 

541.  Ola  J.  Nordberg 

542.  Carl  Bernhardt  Olsen 

543.  Jacob  Madsen 

544.  Henrich  P.  Jensen 

545.  (2)  Lars  S.  Andersen 

546.  Andrew  Knudsen 

547.  Henry  Jensen 

548.  (2)  John  A.  Quist. 

*  George  Teasdale 

*  Robert  S.  Campbell 

549.  (2)  Carl  C.  A.  Christensen 

550.  James  Hanson 

551.  John  A.  Hendricksen 

552.  Olof  Jenson 

553.  Otto  Julius  Swenson 

554.  Julius  Johnson 

555.  Anders  Mortensen 


556.  Jonas   0stlund 

557.  Olaus  T.  Nilson 

558.  Ferdinand  Jacobsen 

559.  Rasmus  Larsen 

560.  James  Anderson 

561.  John   Berg- 

562.  Charles   K.   Hansen 

563.  (2)   Jens  C.  A.   Weibye 

1888. 

*  Niels  Bengtson 

*  John  L.  Berg 

564.  John  J.  Carlson 

565.  Anders  J.  Anderson 

566.  Olof  Peterson 

567.  Ludvig  Ernstroai 

568.  James  Paulsen 

569.  John  Jensen  Nielsen 

570.  Mathias  C.  Lund 

571.  Bengt  Johnson  Jun. 

572.  Gearson  S.  Bastian 

573.  Ola   Petersen 

574.  Niels  Anton 

575.  Elof  G.  Erickson 

576.  Lars  P.  Nielsen 

577.  Joseph  C.  Kempe 

*  Gersholm  Wells 

578.  Carl  E.  Peterson 

*  Lewis  M.  Cannon 

579.  Hans  C.  Kofod 

580.  Andrew  K.  Andersen 

581.  Erastus  C.  Willardsen 

582.  Frank  P.   Peterson 

583.  Erik  Hogan 


1889. 

584.  Jens  Jensen 

585.  Lars  C.  Johnson 

586.  Ole  H.  Berg 

587.  Alif  Ericksen 

588.  August  S.  Schow 

589.  Niels  P.  Madsen 

590.  Andrew  Jensen 

591.  Jonas  Mattson 

592.  Carl  Soderlund 

593.  Nils  Nelson 

594.  Lars  K.   Peterson 

595.  John  E.  Johnson 

596.  Christen  M.  Jensen 

597.  Edmund  Sandersen 

598.  Soren  P.  Jensen 

599.  Lorentz  Petersen 

600.  John  Dahlquist 

601.  Lars   E.    Larson 

602.  John  A.  Beckstrand 

603.  Niels  Nelson 

604.  Christian  J.   Mortensen 

605.  Christian  Hermansen 

606.  Niels  Frederiksen 

607.  Hans  P.  Miller 

*  Carl  Anton  Kaiser 

608.  Erastus  Kofoed 

*  Duncan  M.  McAllister 

*  Niels  Mortensen 

609.  Truls  A.   Halgren 

610.  James  Petersen 

611.  Hans  M.   Hansen 

612.  (2)  Andrew  P.  Rsnstrom 
313.  Michael  A.  Hansen 


614.  Boye  P.  B.  Petersen 

615.  Oleen   N. ,  Stohl 

616.  Andrew  Peter  Anderson 

617.  James  Keller 

618.  John  A.  Hellstrom 

619.  Michael  Nielsen 

620.  Frans  Carl  Michelsen 

621.  John  Johnson 

622.  Ole  Olson 

623.  John   Peter   Olson 

624.  Carl  E.  Thorstensen 

625.  Hans  Ericksen 

626.  Johan  Gustaf  Jorgfnsen 

1890. 

627.  Mats  Nielsen 

*  "William  Hansen 

628.  Hans    W.    Hanson 

629.  Lars   S.   Nelson 

630.  James   C.    Berthelsen 

631.  Rasmus  S0rensen 

632.  Andrew  J.  Aagaard 

633.  Ola  Jenson 

634.  Charles  W.  Olson 

635.  Lars  Johan  Henstriim 

636.  Laurentius  Dahlquist 

637.  Joseph  R.   Olsen 

*  John  U.  Stucki 

*  William  B.  Preston,  Jun. 

*  Niels   Christensen 

638.  Anders  S0rensen  Hyrup 

639.  Edward  Berg 

640.  Lars  Person 

641.  Edward   H.   Anderson 


642.  Jens   Nielsen   Hansen 

643.  John  O.  Rosenkrantz 

644.  Christian   Hyrum   Poulsen 

645.  P.  S0rensen 

646.  Harold  F.  Liljenquist 

647.  Jens   H.   Kofoed 

648.  Thor  C.  Nielsen 

649.  Michael  Johnson 

650.  Peter  Cronquist 

651.  Andrew  Hansen 

652.  Andrew  G.  Johnson 

653.  Pehr  N.  Pehrson 

654.  Anton  Brastus  Christensen 

655.  Peter  Christensen 

656.  Niels  J.  Andersen 

657.  Jens  Peter  Petersen 

658.  Peter  Henry  Hansen 

659.  Mads  Peter  S0rensen 

660.  John  Heber  Forsgren 

661.  Niels  Borgesen 

662.  Christian  Meyer 

1891. 

663.  Fred  Lundberg 

664.  Jacob  J0rgensen 

665.  Olof  R.  Olson 

666.  Carl   Nyman 

667.  Joseph  A.  Anderson 

668.  Andrew  Hanson 

669.  Anders   Anderson 

670.  Martinus  Nielson 

671.  John   Swenson 

672.  Theodore  Gyllenskog 
073.  John  Lawrence 


674.  James  Ericksen 

675.  Peter  C.  Christensen 

676.  Andrew  Olson 

677.  Hans  P.  Olsen 

680.  Joseph  Christiansen 

679.  Lars  Johnson 

678.  Joseph  Christiansen 

680.  JacobBroman(Anderson. 

681.  Niels  M.  Nielsen 

682.  Niels  P.  Larson 

683.  Adolph  Madsen 

684.  Hans  A.  Pedersen 

685.  Hans  C.  Hansen 

686.  (2)   Carl  Gustaf  Anders 

687.  August  Westerberg 

688.  Joseph  Jeppson 

689.  Lars  C.    M011er 

690.  Andrew   Pedersen 

691.  Mouritz  Mouritzen. 

692.  Niels  J.  Henricksen 

693.  Nephi  Andersen 

694.  Joseph  A.  Folkman 

695.  Peter  B.  Green 

696.  Christian  Peter  Larson 

697.  James  Nielsen  Jun. 

698.  Jens   Peter  Andreason 

699.  Brynte    Andersen 

700.  Martin  Nielsen 

701.  Anders  Jensen 

702.  Ole  Olson 

703.  Soren  Chr.  S0rensen 

704.  John  A.   Cederlund 
*  Carl  H.  Olsen 

705.  John  Anderson 


706.  Adolph  Martin  Nielsen 

707.  (2)  Andrew  M.  Israelsen 

708.  Charles  L.   Olsen 

709.  John  A.  Anderson 

710.  Anthony  Christensen 

711.  Andreas  Jepsen 

712.  Olof  Monson 

713.  Ole  S0rensen  Jun 

714.  Gustaf  W.  Soderborg 

715.  John  Christensen 

716.  Peter  F.  Rundquist 

717.  Pehr  Bjorklund 

718.  Herman  Knudsen 

719.  Christian  Magneson 

720.  Erik  P.  Lundquist 

1892. 

721.  August  Carlson 

722.  Levi  Pearson 

723.  Rasmus  Rasmussen 

724.  John  A.  Larsen 

725.  Peter  S.  Jensen 

726.  Thomas  Spongberg 

727.  German  Rasmussen 

728.  William  J.  Backman 

729.  Martin  Andersen 

730.  Peter  M.   Jensen 

731.  Peter  Mortensen 

732.  Gustaf  W.  Carlson 

733.  Adolph  Q.  Fjellstrom 

734.  George  W.  Johnson 

735.  Gerirge  W.  Lindquist 

736.  Michael  O.  Nash 
*  Carl  Hanson 


737.  Gustaf  A.  Iverson 

738.  Carl  A.   Lundell 

739.  Gustave  Lindahl 

740.  Andrew  Wahlquist 

741.  John  E.  Mattson 

742.  Gustave  A.  Anderson 

743.  Nels  Benson 

744.  Peter  Nielson 

745.  John  A.  Johnson 

746.  Charles  J.  Akerlund 

747.  August   Malmquist 

748.  Andrew   Larsen 

749.  Andrew  B.  Jensen 

750.  Louis  Soderberg 

751.  Hans  P.  J0rgensen 
752  John  Jensen 

753.  John  W.  Dehlin 

754.  Andreas  Johansen 

755.  Adam   Petersen 

756.  Peter  C.  Geertsen,  Jun. 

757.  Nephi  Hyrum  Nielsen 

758.  James  Anderson 

759.  John  Johnson 

760.  Carl  A.  Carlriuist 

761.  Ludvig  S.  Hansen 

762.  John  L.  Johnson 

763.  Charles  J.  Wahlquist 

764.  Lars  P.  C.  Nielsen 

765.  Peter  Jensen 

766.  Carl  M.  Levorsen 

767.  John  J.   Plowman 

768.  Peter  Hansen 

769.  Niels  Monson 

770.  Frederik  Chr.  Olsen 


771.  John  W.  Winterrose  805. 

772.  Erick  Ericksen  806. 

773.  Christian  Wm.  Sarensen  807. 

774.  Anton  Nielsen 

775.  Christian  Hansen  808. 

776.  Joseph  Johanson  809. 

777.  Andrew  Chr.  Olsen 

778.  Andrew   G.    Bolander 

779.  Charles  S0rensen 

780.  Anders  P.  Stenblom 

781.  Torkel  E.  Torkelsen 

782.  Niels  Mattson 

783.  Christian  Petersen  810. 

784.  Hans  J.   Zobell 

785.  Hans  Adolph   Thomsen  811. 

786.  David  Holmgren  M2. 

787.  John  F.  Lundquist  813. 

788.  Theodore   Peterson  814. 

789.  Niels  Sandberg  815. 

790.  Carl   P.   Anderson.  816. 

791.  Andrew  N.  Kongstrup  817. 

792.  John  H.   Peterson  818. 

793.  C.    G.    Christiansen  819. 

794.  Ole  Olesen  820. 

795.  (2)  C.  J.  Gustaveson  821. 

796.  Hans  Peter  Hansen 

797.  Peter  Chr.   Rasmussen 

798.  Abraham  I.  Hansen  824. 

799.  Lars  P.  Christiansen 

800.  Christian  P.  Hald 

801.  Jacob  Larsen  g25. 

802.  Morten   M.   Hansen  £26. 

803.  John   Anderson  827. 

804.  August  Joel  Hoglund  828. 


(3)   Hans  J.   Christiansen  829. 

(2)  Charles  John  Christensen  830. 

James  Chr.  Frost,  Jr  831. 

Mrs.  Jane  Hansen  S32. 

Hanmer  Magleby  833. 

Frantz  M.  Winter  834. 

Mrs.  Karen  Hansen  835. 

August  W.  Carlson  836. 

Mrs.  A.  W.  Carlson  837. 

Anthony  C.  Lund  838. 

David  Eccles  S39. 

Mrs.  David  Eccles  840. 

James  A.  Hansen  841. 

Anthon  H.  Lund  842. 

William  S0rensen  843. 

Peter  Chr.   Petersen  844. 

Charles   F.    Rytting  845. 

James   Christensen  846. 

Lorenz  Ockander  847. 
Lars  Severin  Christenson         848. 

Niels  A.  Nielsen  849. 

Niels   M.   Jensen  850. 

Gustaf  Johanson  851. 

John   A.   Olsen  852. 

Hans   Andersen  853. 

Charles    H.    Hogensen  854. 

Ole   Swensen  855. 

Christian  F.  B.  Lybbert  856. 

857. 

1894.  858. 

Jonathan  F.  Petersen 

Andrew  Eskilsen  86°- 

James   Larsen  861 

Ezra  E.  Nielsen  862. 


Hans   B.    Nielsen 
Asmus   J0rgensen 
Rasmus   Rasmussen 
Martin   Olson 
Peter    C.    Jensen 
William  Buckholt 
James  Larsen 
Christian  Thompson 
(<!)  Niels  R.  Lindahl 
Alfred  G.  Soderberg 
Charles  Lindell 
Carl  August  Lundstrom 
S0ren  Petersen 
Herman  H.   Lundstrom 
Hyrum  Peterson 
Niels  P.  Nielsen 
Joseph  Bergesen  , 

William  J.  S0rensen 
Christen    Peter    Larsen 
Joseph  P.  Anderson 
Peter  Lundwall 
Peter  Nielsen 
Peter  Svensen 
Heber  C.  Christensen 
Lewis  C.  Larsen 
S0ren  C.  S0rensen 
Lewis  Madsen 
Henry  H.  Danielson 
James  Larsen 
Andrew  P.  Fillerup 
John  L.  Widerberg 
John  A.   Carlson 
.Michael  S0rensen 
Erick  Gillen 


863.  Erik  Christensen 

864.  Anthon    Pehrson 

865.  Raemus    M.    Larsen 

866.  John  A.  Jenson 

867.  Carl  Hansen 

868.  Carl    A.    Johnson 

869.  Charles  Lundgren 

870.  Niels   Forsberg 

8.71.  (2)   Bengt  M.   Rawsten 

872.  Niels  M.  Monch 
*.  Frederik   Ottesen 
*.  Andrew   C.   Brixen 
*.  Anthon  H.   Lund 

873.  Peter  Jensen 

874.  Carl  E.  Cederstrom 

875.  Hans  S.  Rasmussen 

876.  Christoffer  Iverson 

877.  Math.   Anderson 

878.  Gustaf  Johnson 

879.  Andrew   C.   Jensen 

880.  Michael    Schow 

881.  Peter  A.  Nordquist 

882.  Peter  O.   Hansen 

883.  Louis  J.  Holthers 

884.  Nephi  Anderson 

885.  George  S.  Backman 

886.  Jens  P.  Jensen 

887.  William   Georgesen 

888.  Bengt  Peterson 

1895. 

889.  Peter  Anderson 

890.  Theodore  Tobiason 


32 


891.  Canute   P.   Hanson  918. 

892.  Hyrum   D.   Jensen  919. 

893.  Abel   Erlckson  920. 

894.  Lorenzo    O.    Skancky  921. 

895.  Carl  J.  Renstrom  922. 
*.  Anna    Hall    Mohr  923. 

896.  Edward   A.   Olsen  924. 
*.  John   H.    Squires  925. 

897.  Lars  E.   Danielsen  926. 

898.  Erik   P.    Erickson  927. 

899.  Alonzo   B.    Irvine  928. 

900.  Peter  Magnuson  929. 

901.  John  L.  Halbon-  930. 

902.  Nephi  Anderson  931. 

903.  Julius   Johnson  932. 

904.  Andrew  ('.  Fieldsted  933. 

905.  Andrew   Bjorkman  934. 

906.  Ole  Andersen  935. 
*.  Anna  K.  Bartlett  936. 

907.  Nephl   Peter  Anderson  .  . 

908.  Mathias  Knudson 

909.  Lars    W.    Hendricksen 

*  Anthon    H.    Lund 

*  George  C.  Naegle 

*  Labra  Naeg-le  937. 

910.  Peter  A.   Petersen  938. 

911.  Nils   P.   Ahlberg  939. 

912.  Johan  F.  Jonason  940. 

913.  Joseph  Larsen  941. 

914.  John  F.  Applequist  942. 

915.  Lars  Gustaf  Larson  943. 

*  Ellas  Jenson  944. 

916.  (3)Peter  Chr.  Christensen          945. 

917.  Andrew  Anderberg  946. 


Thomas  Gundersen 
Edward  Gundersen 
Carl  Axel  Ahlquist 
Peter  Ernstrom 
Johan  L.  G.  Johnson 
Martin  E.   Christopherson 
Morten   Chr.   Mortensen 
James  JBrgensen 
Andrew  Johnsen 
Knud  Hansen  Fridal 
Niels  C.  S0rensen 
James  Chr.  Jensen 
Olof  E.   Olson 
Christian  Johansen 
Jakob  Fikstad 
Carl  W.  Erickson 
Fred   J.    C.    Danielson 
John  David  Amundsen 
Emmanuel  F.   Lemberg 


1896. 


Christian  Madsen 

Nels  Alma  Nelson 

Jens  L.  Nielsen 

John  C.  Christoffersen 

Jens  Nielsen 

Niels  C.  Christiansen 

Jens  J.  Jensen 

Peter  L.  Petersen 

(2)    Daniel    K.    Brow-i 

S0ren  S.  Christensen 


947.  Ole  Jensen  981. 

948.  Andrew   A.   Brorn  982. 

949.  Peter  S.   Siggard  983. 

950.  Anton   P.   N.   Peterson  984. 

951.  Thomas  Halversen  985. 

952.  Henry  Wing 

953.  George    A.    Sanders  986. 

954.  Christian   Johnson 
954.  Charles  A.  Thompson 
956.  Isaac  Carlson 

951.  Hyrum  Cluffi  Christensen  987. 

958.  John   Esaias   Halverson  988. 

959.  John  David  Hagman  989. 

960.  Christian   Poulsen  990. 

961.  Peter  Christensen  991. 

962.  August  Edward  Rose  992. 

963.  Christian  N.  Lund  993. 

964.  James  Franklin  Iversen  994. 

965.  George  Christensen  995. 

966.  Peter  Olson  996. 

967.  Christian  Wm.  Anderson  997. 

968.  Jargen    J0rgensen  998. 

969.  Niels  Peter  Nielsen  999. 

970.  Andrew  Anthon  Peterson  1000. 

971.  John   Peterson  1001. 

972.  Niels  Chr.  Nielsen  1002. 

973.  Joseph  H.  Jenson  100:5. 

974.  August  Robert  Lundin  1004. 

975.  Christian   Knudsen 

976.  Albert  Francis  Young 

977.  Ephrraim  Bjorklund 
97S.  Ole  Henry  Peterson 

979.  Charles  Magnus  Olsen 

980.  M.   Mikkelson  1006- 


Christen  Nielsen 
Hans  Chr.  Hansen 
George  Albert  Christensen 
James  Chr.  Brienholt 
Jens  Beck 
Peter  S0rensen 
Enoch  Jorgensen 
(3)   Andrew   Jenson 
Emma  Jenson 
Rulon  S.  Wells 
Niels  S.  Christoffersen 
Carl  John  Fagergren 
John   L.   Cherling 
Hyrum  Nielsen 
William  Anderson 
Severin  Norman  Lee 
Kjeld  P.  Jensen 
Hans  Peter  Nielsen 
Peter  Erickson 
Peter  G.   Hanson 

George  Aug.  Millerberg 
Dykes  Willard  S0rensen 
John  Alfred  Anderson. 

Hans  Turkild  Petersen 

Andrew  Dalsrud 

Lars  J.  Hailing  Jun. 

Eskel  Eskelson 

Henry  M.  Pearson 

1897. 

Hyrum  Hogan 
Peter  Mogensen 


33 


1007.  Gustave  Arvld  Brandt  1038. 

1008.  Aaron  Lundberg  1039. 

1009.  Ephraim  Mikkelsen  1040. 

1010.  William  Otto  Hanson  1041. 

1011.  Mauritz  Frederick  A.  Petersonl042. 

1012.  George  M.  Sraoot  1043. 

1013.  Martin  Williamson  1044. 

1014.  Andrew  Johnson  1045. 

1015.  Anton  Anderson  1046. 
1011.  Andrew  Anderson  1047. 

1016.  Andrew  Anderson  1048. 

1017.  Hans  Johnsen  * 

1018.  Rangvald  Carlsen  * 

1019.  James  N.  S0rensen  1049. 

1020.  Andrew  H.  Larson  1050. 

1021.  Niels  F.  Swalberg  1051. 

1022.  James  Fred.  Fjeldsted  1052. 

1023.  John  W.  Lawson  1053. 

1024.  Peter  S.  Olsen  1054. 

1025.  Albert  Peterson  1055. 

1026.  Carl  J.  Johnson  1056. 

1027.  Carl  Oscar  Johnson  1057. 

1028.  Carl  A.  A.  Augustson  1058. 

1029.  Nels  Jenson  1059. 

*  Ane  M.  P.  Hald  1060. 

1030.  Canute  W.  Peterson  1061. 

1031.  Louis  M.  Christiansen  1062. 

*  Mary  Pelton  1063. 

1032.  Poul  Poulsen  (of  Ephraim)      1061. 

1033.  Eric  W.  Edvalson  1065. 

1034.  Christian  Theo.  Nielsen  1066. 

1035.  Christian  M.  Mikkelsen  1067. 

1036.  Rudolph  Victor  Larsen  1068. 

1037.  (2)  Jens  Christensen  1069. 


Daniel  Peter  Jensen  1070. 

Hyrum  Olsen  1071. 

John  Felt  Jun.  1072. 

James  L.  Petersen  1073. 

Christian  S.  S0rensen  1074. 
Christian  F.  Schade  Jun.         1075. 

Hyrum  Jensen  1076. 

John  E.  Groberg  1077. 

John  P.  Lofgren  1078. 

Joseph  T.  Torgerson  1079. 

Ole  Jensen  1080. 

Rulon  S.  Wells  1081. 

Joseph  W.   McMurrin  1082. 

Janne  M.  Sjodahl  1083. 

John  E.  Carlson  1084. 

Albert  A.  Capson  1085. 

Albert  Erickson  1086. 

Carl  Chr.  Garff  1087. 

Gideon  Ellas  Olsen  1088. 

Hans  Chr.  Hansen  1089. 

Erastus  L.  Ottesen  1090. 

Hans  C.  Hansen  1091. 

Alfred  Hanson  1092. 

Charles  C.  Jensen  1093. 

Nephi  J.  Valentine  1094. 

John   E.   Bolstad  1095. 

Hyrum  J.  Hansen  1096. 

Parley  P.  Jenson  1097. 

James  N.  Skousen  1098. 
Jens  N.  Hansen 
Lauritz  Lauritzen 
Christian  Pedersen  Jun.          1099. 

James  Jensen  1100. 

Ole  Albert  Akerlund  1101. 


Gustaf  Albert  Anderson 
Jens  Peter  Fugal 
Axel  Olsen 
Peter  J.  Sandberg 
John  Johnson  Jun 
David  Blomquist 
George  David  Hanson 
Nephi  Wilhelmsen 
Louis  Erick  Erickson 
James  Jensen  Jun. 
Axel  L.  Holmgren 
Peter  Sophus  Nielsen 
Rasmus  Nielsen 
Rasmus  C.  Peterson  Jun. 
Chas.  F.  J.  Carlson 
Hyrum  Nielsen 
Arnold  L.  Nielsen 
Jens  Larsen 
Poul  Peter  Christensen 
Isaac  Peter  Peterson 
Adolph  F.  Elggren 
Peter  Michael  Ipson 
Joseph  Jensen 
S0ren  C.  Christensen 
John   Peter  Andersen 
Christian  P.  Hald 
Zacharias  M.  Israelsen 
Ole  Chr.  Jensen 
Christian  Christensen 

1898. 

Niels  Iversen 

Henry  Frans  Fernstrom 

John  H.  Carlen 


1102.  Charles  J.  E.  Bohman 

1103.  John  A.  Christensen 

1104.  Peter  H.  Madsen 

1105.  Swen  Wm.  Hall 

1106.  Julius  H.  Hansen 

1107.  Niels  L.  Andersen 

1108.  Gustaf  A.  Anderson 

1109.  Albert  H.  Bergman 

1110.  Emil  Petterborg 

1111.  Hans  Peter  Jensen 

1112.  L.  E.  Larsen 

1113.  Charles  E.  Forsberg 

1114.  Bengt  T.  Bengtson 

1115.  Andrew  G.  Erickson 

1116.  Peter  Hansen 

1117.  Severin  Swensen 

1118.  Erick  A.  Modeen 

1119.  Noah  Leander  Pond 

1120.  Jonas  Johnsen 

1121.  Jacob  Christensen 

1122.  Andrew  M.  Anderson 

1123.  Torben  J.  Torbensen 

1124.  John  H.   Quist 

1125.  Nils  Monson 

1126.  N.   C.   Christiansen 

1127.  Frederick  Jensen  Hoist 

1128.  Louis  D.  Dorius 

1129.  Christian  Steffensen 

1130.  Thomas  P.  Jensen 

1131.  Jacob  W.  Olsen 

1132.  Joseph  Nelson 

1134.  Alexander  J.  Nielsen 

1135.  John  H.  Anderson 

1136.  Parley  Anderson 


1137.  Gustaf  Johnson 

1138.  Martin  Jensen 

1139.  John  J.  Peterson 

1140.  Niels  J.  Torkelsen 

1141.  August  Wm.   Ossman 

1142.  Andrew  Petersen 

1143.  Rasmus  A.  Rasmussen 

1144.  Hans  H.  Pedersen 

1145.  Andreas  Peterson 

1146.  (2)  Frederick  Christensen 

1147.  Peter  Petersen 

1148.  Olof  Nelson 

1149.  H.   K.   Hansen 

1150.  George  Albert  Torgesen 

1151.  Ole  Petersen 

1152.  Morten  Jensen 

1153.  John  Willard  Larsen 

1154.  Swen  J.  Nielsen 

1155.  Adolph  Bergen 

1156.  S0i-en  Rasmussen 

1157.  Thorwald  S.  Jensen 

1158.  Ole  Olson 

1159.  Peter  Jensen 

1160.  Alexander  A.  Larsen 

1161.  August  H.  Erickson 

1162.  George  S.  Peterson 

1163.  Niels   P.    Andersen 

1164.  M.   Ericson 

1165.  Christian  Knudsen 

1166.  Joseph  Christoffersen 

*  Peter  Petersen 

*  Maren  Petersen 

*  Sarah  Petersen 

1167.  Julius  C.  Andersen 


1168.  Hans   C.    Christensen 

1169.  Christian  Olsen 

1170.  James  P.  Christensen 

1171.  Charles  D.  Ahlstrom 

1172.  August  Mineer 

1173.  John  A.  Pearson 

1174.  John  A.  Blomquist 

1175.  John  C.  Nielsen 

1176.  Oluf  Larsen 

1177.  Severin  Nielsen 

1178.  James  C.   Poulsen 

1179.  Niels  Nielsen 

1180.  James  Thomson 

1181.  Christian  Busath 

1182.  Raynor  Ness 

1183.  Olof    Olsen 

1899. 

1184.  Carl  R.  Erickson 

1185.  Mads    P.    Anderson 

1186.  James  Peter  Olsen 

1187.  John   Peterson 

1188.  Jens  Christiansen 

1189.  Christoffer  J.   Kempe 

1190.  John  Persson 

1191.  N.P.Nielsen 

1192.  Alfred  Anderson 

1193.  Noah  A.   Larson 

1194.  Peter  A.  Sorensen 

1195.  Carl   Oscar  Winkler 

1196.  Peter  Frost 

1197.  Emil  Anderson 

1198.  Louis  K.  Anderson 

1199.  Michael  Johnson 

1200.  Hans  Andreas  Petersen 


1201.  Thomas  A.  Fredrickson          1235. 

1202.  Christian  Johnson  1236. 

1203.  Ola    Larson  1237. 

1204.  Okl  O.  Oberg  1238. 

1205.  John  Johnson  1239. 

1206.  Christen  Christensen  1240. 

1207.  Jacob  M.   Lauritzen  1241. 

1208.  Christian  Sorensen  1242. 

1209.  Christian  Nielsen  1243. 

1210.  James  L.  Jensen  1244. 

1211.  Richard  C.   Miller  1245. 

1212.  Knud  Albert  Anderson  1246. 

1213.  Casper  Andreasen  1247. 

1214.  Andrew  C.  Pearson  1248. 

1215.  Lars  Petersen  1249. 

1216.  Emil  Erickson  1250. 

1217.  Carl  C.  Ronnow  1251. 

1218.  Peter  N.   Garff  1252. 

1219.  Niels  Fredriksen  1253. 

1220.  Anthon  H.  Jensen  1254. 

1221.  Alexander  H.  Oblad  1255. 

1222.  Asa   H.   Farley  1256. 

1223.  Carl  E.  Soderlund  1257. 

1224.  Ahnar  O.  Larsen  1258. 

1225.  Hans  Peter  Jensen  1259. 

1226.  John  P.  Mortensen 

1227.  Jennie  C.  Mortensen 

1228.  (2)  Herman  F.  F.  Thorup 

1229.  Sven   J.   Nielsen  1260. 

1230.  Niels  Jacobsen  1261. 

1231.  Joseph  L.  Olsen  1262. 

1232.  Charles   Albert   Halvorsen      1263. 

1233.  Henry  W.   Berg  1264. 

1234.  Anders  Fred  Ahlander  1265. 


Niels    Peter   Hansen 
Charles   LeRoy  Anderson 
Niels  P.  H.  Roholt 
William  Olsen 
Oluf  Rosenlof 
Wilford  E.  Andersen 
Peter  Victor   Bunderson 
Niels  Peter  Johnson 
Oluf   Johnson 
Nils  Oscar  Gyllenskog 
Christian  J.  Plowman 
Wrol  C.  Olsen 
Joseph  N.   Stohl 
Charles  Axel  Larsen 
Carl  Larsen 
Martin  Jensen 
Albert  Svendsen 
Niels  Michael  Jacobsen 
Chr.   Christensen 
Alfred  Ericson 
August  Sjostrom 
Enoch  C.  Lybbert 
Parley  P.  Anderson 
Hans   Christian   Hansen 
Carl  E-  Wallgren 

1900. 

Lars  Christoffersen 
Christian  Jacobsen 
Anders  G.  LundstrOm 
Johannes  F.  Peterson 
Chris  N.  Christensen 
James  Peter  Christensen 


35 


MISSION    PRESIDENTS. 


,  OLLOWING  are  the  names  of  the  brethren  who  have 
presided  over  the  Scandinavian  Mission : 

Erastus  Snow,  from  June  14,  1850;  John  E. 
Forsgren,  March  4,  1852;  Willard  Snow,  December 
20,  1852;  John  Van  Cott,  Aug.,  1853;  Hector  C. 
Haight,  Jan.  1,  1856;  Carl  Widerborg,  Feb.,  1858;  John 
Van  Cott,  Jan.  1,  18(50;  Jesse  N.  Smith,  May,  1862;  Samuel 
L.  Sprague,  pro.  tern.,  April  13,  1864;  Carl  Widerborg,  Aug. 
1,  1864;  Jesse  N.  Smith,  Sept.,  1868;  William  W.  Cluff,  July 
15,  1870;  Canute  Peterson,  June  23,  1871;  Christen  G.  Lar- 


sen,  June  27,  1873;  Nils  C.  Flygare,  June  25,  1875;  Ola  N. 
Liljenquist,  June  22,  1876;  August  W.  Carlson,  pro.  tern., 
Nov.,  1877;  Nils  C.  Flygare,  Jan.,  1878;  Niels  Wilhelmsen, 
Aug.  30,  1879;  Andrew  Jenson,  pro.  tern.,  Aug.  1,1881; 
Christian  D.  Fjeldsted,  Sept.  3,  1881;  Anthon  II.  Lund, 
April  4,  1884;  Nils  C.  Flygare,  Oct.  19,  1885;  Christian  D. 
Fjeldsted,  Oct.,  1888;  Edward  H.  Anderson.  Sept.  20,  1890; 
Joseph  Christiansen,  Sept.,  1892;  Carl  A.  Carlqnist,  May, 
1893;  Peter  Sundvvall,  April,  1894;  Christian  N.  Lund,  June 
11,  1896;  George  Christensen,  May  19,  1898;  Andreas  Peter- 
son, Oct.,  1898. 


MISCELLANEA. 


JlJklJ 


MISSION  OFFICE,  COPENHAGEN,  DENMARK. 


CONFERENCE  HOUSE,  CHRISTIANIA,  NORWAY. 


CONFERENCE  HOUSE,  MALMo,  SWEDEN. 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH. 

The  large  church  with  the  tall  steeple  Is  called  the  Church  of  the 
Savior  (Frelserens  Kirke);  but  the  small,  unpretentious  building  to  the 
left  (on  the  picture)  with  the  gable-end  to  the  street  is  one  of  the 
most  interesting  relics  connected  with  the  early  history  of  "Mormon- 
ism  '  in  Scandinavia.  For  a  number  of  years  commencing  with  April, 
1851,  it  was  rented  for  meeting  purposes  by  the  Latter-day  Saints,  the 
second  story  being  converted  into  one  fair-sized  room,  in  which  about 
one  hundred  and  fifty  could  assemble  with  some  degree  of  comfort, 
and  there  all  the  council  meetings  were  held  as  long  as  Apostle  Eras- 
tus  Snow  remained,  and  for  some  time  afterwards,  until  the  premises 
proved  to  be  too  small  for  general  meetings.  In  that  hall  many  of  our 
veteran  Elders  received  their  first  degrees  of  the  Holy  Priesthood,  and 
there  they  afterwards  bore  their  testimony  to  the  truth  in  power  that 
astonished  their  former  associates,  for  nearly  all  of  them  had  come 
from  the  poor  and  unpretentious  classes  of  working  people. 

In  the  basement  of  this  old  building  lived  Father  Nikolai  Dorius 
with  his  family,  and  F.  C.  Sorensen  with  his  family  livei  above  the 
meeting  hall;  just  around  the  corner  lived  the  Hanberg  family,  who 
all  became  members  of  the  Church  in  those  early  days. 

This  part  of  Copenhagen  is  mostly  inhabited  by  the  working 
classes,  and  therefore  that  locality  was  selected  in  order  to  give  the 
poor  a  better  opportunity  to  come  out  to  hear  the  Gospel. — C.  C.  A. 
Christensen. 


FIRST     LATTER-DAT     SAINT     MEETING     HOUSE, 
COPENHAGEN,  DENMARK. 


PAINTING 

In  the  Royal  Academy  of  Art  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  representing 
a  "Mormon"  Elder  preaching  the  Gospel  to  a  peasant  family. 


BOOK  OF  MORMON  AND  ONYX  CASKET 

Presented  from  Scandinavians  in  Utah  to  King  Oscar  II  and  Queen 
Sophia,  of  Sweden  and  Norway,  Sept.  22,  1897,  by  J.  M.  Sjodahl. 


DANISH-NORWEGIAN     CHOIR,    "HARMONIEN."    SALT    LAKE    CITY,    OLUF   NILSON   CONDUCTOR. 


THE  SWEDISH  CHOIR  "SVEA,"   SALT  LAKE  CITY,  HUGO  D.  E.   P  ETERSON,   CONDUCTOR. 


PORTRAITS  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  NOTES. 


WILLIAM    OVE    ANDERSEN, 

Bcin  Etc.  L3,  1!26,  in  Copenhagen,  Denmaik:  lost  his  father  by  death 
when  six  years  old;  joined  the  Baptists  when  a  youth,  and  soon  be- 
came a  local  preacher  in  that  denomination;  hearing  of  the  arrival  of 
"Mormon"  Elders  from  America  in  1850,  he  sought  their  acquaintance 
and  thus  became  an  early  convert  to  "Mormonism,"  being  baptized 
Jan.  26,  1851,  by  Elder  Chr.  Christiansen;  after  being  ordained  to  the 
Priesthood  he  labored  considerably  as  a  local  missionary  in  Denmark, 
and  was  the  first  "Mormon"  who  preached  the  Gospel  on  the  island 
of  Fyen;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1852-53;  located  in  Rhoads'  Valley  In  1858, 
and  thus  became  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Kamas,  Summit  county, 
where  he  still  resides. 


CHARLES  L.   ANDERSON, 

Born  April  11,  1846,  in  Anskog  parish,  Elfsborgs  Lan.  Sweden;  baptized 
by  A.  Bbrreson  June  23,  1881;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1862,  and  located 
in  Grantsville,  Tooele  County,  where  he  still  resides;  went  to  the  Mis- 
souri river  as  a  Church  teamster  in  1866,  after  the  poor;  filled  a  mission 
to  Scandinavia  in  1878-80,  where  he  labored  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  and 
later  as  president  of  the  Gothenburg  conference.  For  seventeen  years 
he  has  filled  the  position  of  first  counselor  in  the  presidency  of  the 
Tooele  Stake  of  Zion;  previous  to  that  he  was  a  member  of  the  High 
Council  of  said  Stake;  he  has  also  served  Grantsville  city  as  council- 
man and  mayor;  has  served  two  terms  in  the  Utah  Legislature,  and  Is 
at  present  a  member  of  the  Industrial  Bureau  of  the  Church.  Elder 
Anderson  is  a  thorough  business  man  and  one  of  the  foremost  citizens 
of  Tooele  county. 


ANDREW  K.  ANDERSEN, 

Born  Aug.  6, 1859, in  Hovelbjerg  parish,  Viborg  Amt,  Denmark;  baptized 
May  5,  1880;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1879  and  located  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete 
Co.;  ordained  a  Seventy  and  became  a  member  of  the  47th  quorum  of 
Seventy;  called  on  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1888,  which  he  filled,  ac- 
companied by  his  wife;  after  laboring  one  year  as  a  traveling  Elder  in 
the  Aarhus  conference,  he  was  appointed  to  preside  over  the  Aalborg 
conference,  which  position  he  held  till  Jan.  5,  1890,  when  he  died  in  the 
city  of  Aalborg.  of  lung  disease,  afetr  only  a  few  days'  sickness;  he 
was  buried  Jan.  12,  1800,  at  Hovlbjerg,  by  the  side  of  his  parents.  Elder 
Anderson,  who  was  called  hence  in  his  youth  and  in  the  midst  of  a  use- 
ful career,  was  much  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him,  both  at  home  and 
abroad. 


ANNA  K.  ANDERSEN, 

Born  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  June  7,  1858;  baptized  May  28,  1870;  mar- 
ried Andrew  K.  Aniersen  Oct.  14,  1879;  accompanied  her  husband  on  a 
mission  to  Denmark  in  1888-90,  and  assisted  in  promulgating  the  work 
of  God  by  bearing  testimony  of  the  truth  wherever  she  had  the  oppor- 
tunity to  do  so,  and  teaching  and  encouraging  the  local  sisters,  until 
she  was  made  a  widow  through  the  demise  of  her  husband  in  Aalborg, 
Jan.  5,  1890.  After  burying  him  by  the  side  of  his  own  father  in  his 
native  village,  she  returned  to  her  home  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co., 
where  she  still  resides.  For  a  number  of  years  Sister  Andersen  took 
an  active  part  in  the  Primary  Association  in  Ephraim,  being  counselor 
to  the  local  president. 


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HANS  ANDERSEN, 

Born  Feb.  15,  1860,  at  Odder,  Aarhus  Amt,  Denmark;  learned  the  trade 
of  a  blacksmith  and  traveled  as  an  apprentice  through  Germany.  Aus- 
tria and  other  countries;  arrived  in  the  United  States.  America,  in 
1882,  and  remained  in  Chicago  till  1883.  when  he  came  to  Utah;  resided 
temporarily  in  Salt  Lake  City  and  Big  Cottonwood;  was  baptized  in 
1884;  located  at  Levan,  Juab  Co.:  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in 
1893-95,  laboring  as  traveling  Elder  successively  in  the  Esbjerg,  Aarhus 
and  Grenaa  branches,,  and  later  as  president  of  the  Randers  branch; 
since  Dec.,  1897,  he  has  acted  as  2nd  counselor  to  Bishop  N.  P.  Ras- 
mussen  of  Levan. 


JENS  J0RGEN  ANDERSEN, 

Born  Sept.  17,  1838,  at  Nyb011e,  Hillerslev  parish,  Svendoorg  Amt,  Fyen, 
Denmark;  baptized  Nov.  22.  1870;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  the  fall  of  1872, 
and  located  at  Fountain  Green,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  still  resijes; 
filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1885-87,  laboring  first  on  the  islands 
of  Fyen  and  Langeland,  in  the  Aarhus  conference;  while  holding  a 
meeting  in  Odense,  Fyen,  Jan.  17,  1886,  he  and  two  fellow-missionaries 
were  summoned  before  the  police  authorities,  and  after  acknowledging 
that  he  was  a  "Mormon"  and  an  American  citizen,  he  was  banished 
from  the  land  of  his  birth;  he  finished  his  mission  in  the  Skane  con- 
ference, Sweden. 


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LARS  S.  ANDERSEN, 

Born  April  16,1829,at  Avlby,  Vejlby  parish, OdenseAmt,  Fryen, Denmark; 
followed  the  vocation  of  sailor  and  fisherman;  participated  in  the 
war  of  1848-50  between  Denmark  an3  Germany,  was  baptized  Feb.  6, 
1852;  married  Anna  Sophia  Larsen  May  10,  1852;  ordained  to  the  Priest- 
hood and  appointed  to  preside  over  a  branch  of  the  Church  at  Sletten, 
Fyen;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1855-56;  lost  a  son  by  death  on  the  way; 
located  at  Ephraim,  Sanpete  county,  where  he  still  resides;  filled  a 
mission  to  Norway  in  1873-75,  presiding  over  the  Christiania  conference; 
and  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1887-89,  presiding  over  the  Aarhus  confer- 
ence; in  returning-  from  his  first  mission  he  was  accompanied  by  176 
emigrating  Saints  from  Norway;  returning  in  1889  he  had  charge  of 
a  company  of  emigrating  Saints.  He  acted  as  counselor  to  Bishop 
Canute  Peterson  from  1868  to  1877;  has  been  bishop  of  Ephraim  North 
wara  since  1877;  served  in  the  city  council  of  Ephraim  eight  years 
ward  since  1877;  served  in  the  city  council  of  Ephraim  eight  years 


ERASTUS    ANDERSEN, 

Son  of  Bishop  Lars  S.  Andersen  and  Annie  Sophie  Andersen,  was  born 
Dec.  17,  1858,  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  county,  Utah;  married  Josephine 
Jensen  in  1877.;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1885-86,  la- 
boring in  the  Aarhus  conference;  returned  early  because  of 
ill  health;  after  his  return  he  was  chosen  president  of  the 
Y.  M.  M.  I.  A.  in  Ephraim;  this  position  he  held  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  through  an  accident  in  Springtown  canyon,  Sanpete 
county,  Oct.  24,  18S7;  he  left  a  wife  and  five  children.  Bro.  Andersen 
was  a  faithful  Saint,  a  devoted  husband  and  a  kinl  father,  highly 
respected  and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  held  many  responsible 
positions  in  the  Church.  While  on  his  mission  his  sister  Sina  Ander- 
son Thompson  died  in  childbed;  and  when  he  died  his  father  was  away 
on  a  foreign  mission. 


MONS  ANDERSEN, 

Born  Feb.  8,  1829,  at  Ringsager,  Helemarken,  Norway;  emigrated  to 
America  in  1S4S,  locating  in  Wisconsin;  startei  for  California  in  1852; 
passing  through  Salt  Lake  City,  he  was  converted  to  Mormonism 
through  hearing  Orson  Pratt  preach,  and  was  baptized  by  Robert  T. 
Burton,  July  9,  1852;  remained  in  L  ..ah  and  married  Christine  Bensen, 
July,  3,  1854:  tilled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  lSiJ-72,  laboring  as  traveling 
Elder  and  also  as  president  of  the  Christiania  conference;  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  the  United  States  in  1882-83,  laboring  principally  in  Minnesota 
and  Wisconsin.  For  many  years  he  has  resided  in  I,ehi,  Utah  county; 
he  is  the  father  of  seven  sons,  and  two  daughters,  and  his  grand- 
children numbered  31  in  1890. 


CHRISTINE  BENSEN  ANDERSEN. 

Wife  of  Mons  Andersen,  was  born  June  11,  1826,  on  the  island  of  Born- 
holm,  Denmark;  baptizeu  in  Copenhagen,  Aug.  24,  1850,  as  the  second 
convert  to  "Mormonism"  from  Bornholm;  soon  afterwards,  when 
Elders  were  sent  to  Bornholm  to  preach  the  Gospel,  Sister  Christine 
accompanied  them  and  rendered  efficient  service  in  preparing  the  way 
for  tnem;  she  also  helped  to  sustain  them  after  securing  them  a  home 
in  her  father's  house.  All  the  members  of  the  family  except  one  were 
converted  to  "Mnrmi'Mism"  and  emigrated  to  America,  leaving  Den- 
mark in  December,  Is.M';  all  arrived  in  I'tah  in  1853.  except  Jeppe  Ben- 
sen,  the  head  of  the  family,  who  was  bitten  by  a  dog  In  Hamburg  and 
returned  to  Bornholm;  but  he  emigrated  the  following  .year. 


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MADS    ANDERSEN. 

Born  July  28,  1830,  in  Denmark;  baptized  July  1,  1855;  ordained  an 
Elder  July  18,  1855;  labored  as  local  missionary  in  the  Fredericia  con- 
ference and  later  on  Bornholm  from  1857  to  1862;  presides  over  the  con-* 
ference  four  years  of  that  time;  emigrated  j  Utah  in  1862;  located  in 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Sanpete  county,  where  he  still  resides;  filled  a  mission 
to  Minnesota  in  1860-82,  and  another  one  to  ,.he  same  State  in  1884-85; 
on  both  missions  he  presides  over  the  Minnesota  conference,  and  dur- 
ing his  ministry  he  witnessed  many  miraculous  manifestations  of  the 
power  of  God;  he  traveled  most  of  the  time  without  purse  or  scrip.  At 
home  he  has  officiated  for  many  years  as  a  Ward  Teacher. 


PETER    ANDERSEN, 

Born  Nov.  16.  1844,  in  viborg  Amt,  Denmark;  baptized  Nov.  2,  1855;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1856,  together  with  his  parents,  and  settled  in  Eph- 
raim,  Sanpete  county,  Utah;  at  the  age  of  twenty  he  married  his  pres- 
ent wife,  with  whom  he  has  nine  children,  all  living;  filled  a  mission 
to  Denmark  in  1885-87,  laboring  in  the  Aarhus  conference,  which  in- 
cluded the  locality  in  which  he  was  born  and  where  he  spent  the  days 
of  his  childhood.  He  found  many  who  were  pleased  to  see  and  hear 
him  and  enjoyed  his  missionary  labors  very  much.  He  resides  in 
Ephraim,  Sanpete  county,  Utah. 


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CARL  AXEL  AHLQUIST, 

Born  Aug.  19,  1857,  in  Haga  parish.  Stockholm  Liin.  Sweden;  baptized 
Feb.  15,  1879;  ordained  a  Priest  Oct.  8,  1879;  called  to  labor  as  a  local 
missionary  in  the  Eskilstuna  branch  Oct.  8.  18»7;  ordained  an  Elder 
Dec.  11,  1879:  presided  over  the  Eskilstuna  branch  one  year;  later  he 
presided  over  the  Gotland  branch,  and  still  later  over  the  orebro 
branch,  all  in  the  Stockholm  conference;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1882; 
ordained  a  Seventy  by  Apostle  Heber  J.  Grant.  Oct.  8,  1895;  filled  a 
mission  to  Sweden  in  1895-97;  presided  over  the  ITpsala  branch,  and 
later  over  the  Stockholm  conference;  visited  Russia  and  Finland  K<=  a 
missionary  in  the  spring  of  1897:  on  this  tour  he  baptized  the  first  con- 
verts to  "Mormonism"  in  St.  Petersburg.  Russia:  after  his  return  he 
has  labored  as  a  home  missionary1  in  the  Salt  Lake  Stake  of  Zior.and 
In  the  Granite  Stake;  he  resides  in  the  Sugar  House  ward,  Salt  Lake 
Co.,  Utah. 


ANDREW    HUGO    ANDERSON, 

Born  Aug.  5,  1830,  In  Fjelgeme,  Enslof  parish,  Hallands  Lan,  Sweden; 
raised  on  a  farm  and  reared  in  the  Lutheran  religion;  was  preserved 
from  an  untimely  death  by  a  miraculous  manifestation  of  the  power 
of  God,  when  a  youth;  converted  to  "Mormonism"  and  baptized  May 
23,  1857,  by  C.  E.  Lindholm;  passed  through  considerable  persecution 
on  account  of  his  religion;  was  ordained  a  Teacher  Oct.  14,  1857,  and 
appointed  to  preside  over  the  prayer  meetings  in  the  Halmstad  branch; 
ordained  an  Elder  Nov.  15.  1858;  calleJ  to  preside  over  the  Falkenberg 
branch  in  1860.  and  over  the  Halmstad  branch  Feb.  17,  1861;  called  to 
labor  as  traveling  Elder  in  Jonkoping  in  May,  1865;  emigrate!  to  Utah 
in  18C6,  and  located  at  Huntsville,  Weber  county;  where  he  still  re- 
sides; ordained  a  Seventy  Sept.  11,  1869,  by  Joseph  Young;  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  Sweden  in  1882-84,  laboring  principally  in  the  NorrkSping,  Ves- 
tervik,  JonkOping  and  Halmstad  branches. 


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ANTHCN    ANDERSON, 

Born  at  Christiansand,  Norway,  Dec.  2,  1851;  emigrated  to  Utah  with 
his  parents  in  1S61;  was  baptized  Nov.  7,  1861;  ordained  an  Elder  March 
21,  1870;  married  Mary  Henderson  March  11,  1872;  ordained  a  Seventy  and 
set  apart  as  a  president  of  the  Sixty-fourth  quorum  of  Seventy,  Jan. 
7,  1884;  filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  lssr>-S7.  laboring  nearly  all  the 
time  in  the  Drammen  branch,  part  of  the  time  as  its  president;  acted 
as  superintendent  of  the  Logan  Fifth  War3  Sunday  School  from  1890 
to  1898;  ordained  a  High  Priest  and  set  apart  as  second  counselor  to 
Bishop  Ballard,  of  Logan  Second  Ward.  Dec.  13,  1899;  oicained  a  Bishop 
and  set  apart  to  preside  over  said  Ward  by  Apostle  Francis  M.  Lyman 
April  27,  1900.  He  has  also  served  as  city  councilman  in  Logan,  and 
treasurer  of  Cache  county;  since  1897  he  has  served  Logan  city  as  its 
mayor. 


AT'OrST    TCULL    ANDERSON, 

Born  April  20,  1843,  in  Eska  parish,  Elfsborg.  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized 
March  1.  1863,  while  serving  in  the  Swedish  army,  passed  through  se- 
vere ordeals  of  perscrmion  because  of  his  religious  belief;  emigrated 
to  Utah  in  1864;  made  a  trip  to  the  Missouri  river  as  a  Church  teamster 
after  the  poor  in  1866.  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1884-86.  laboring  the 
first  year  us  a  traveling  Elder  in  and  the  second  year  as  the  president 
of  the  Gothenburg  conference. 


CARL,    GUSTAF1    ANDERSON, 

Born  June  7,  1838  in  FuriiiKstad  parish.  ostrr^ii  land  l.iin.  Sweden: 
baptized  July  1.  1865,  in  Norrkoping;  ordained  a  1'riest  Jan.  1,  1866.  anl 
called  to  labor  as  a  local  missionary  in  the  Linkoping  branch;  ordained 
an  Elder  July  8.  186<i;  presided  over  thi-  Weati  mJHland  branch,  later 
over  the  Vestervik  district  of  the  Norrkoping  conference  and  still  later 
labored  as  traveling  Elder  in  the  l.inkiiping  district;  emigrated  to  Utah 
in  1S70;  ordained  a  Seventy  Oct.  S.  1884,  by  Wm.  W.  Taylor;  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  Sweden  in  1884-86.  laboring  in  the  Gothenburg  confernce; 
filled  another  mission  to  Sweden  in  1891-93.  presiding  over  the  Gothen- 
burg conference.  As  a  resident  of  the  Nineteenth  Ward.  Salt  L.ake 
City,  Elder  Anderson  has  filled  many  important  local  positions. 


PARL,  CHRISTIAN  ANDERSON. 


Born  April  12,  U51.  at  Valclsted.  Aalborg  Amt,  Denmark;  baptized  Dec 
9,  1869.  by  N.  C.  Andersen;  ordained  a  Deacon,  Priest  and  Elder  succes- 
sively; labored  nearly  four  years  as  a  local  missionary  in  Aalbore 
conference,  during  which  time  he  presided  first  over  the  Hj0rring  and 
later  over  the  Frerlerikshavn  branch;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1876'  re 
sided  two  years  in  Pleasant  Grove.  Utah  Co.,  and  in  the  fall  of'"S78 
removed  t.i  Deseret,  Millard  Co..  where  he  became  one  of  the  pioneer 
settlers  of  what  is  now  the  Oasis  ward;  located  at  Huntington  Emrt-v 
Co.,  in  1883.  where  he  still  resides.  By  the  accidental  explosion  of  a 
quantity  of  giant  powder  and  caps  at  Price,  Carbon  Co.,  Utah  Nov  "3 
18S6,  he  was  deprived  of  his  eyesight  and  otherwise  bodily  injured  '  lii 
the  midst  of  his  most  trying  condition,  being  totally  blind  he'  1-as 
preserved  his  integrity  to  the  Church  of  Christ. 


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EDWARD  H.  ANDERSON, 

Born  Oct.  8,  1858,  in  Billeberga,  Malmohus  Lan,  Sweden;  emigrated  to 
Utah  in  1864;  resided  in  Mill  Creek,  Farmington,  and  Huntsville  suc- 
cessively; laboring  alternatively  on  the  farm  and  attending  schools; 
graduated  from  the  Normal  Department  of  the  University  of  Deseret 
in  1877;  was  baptized  July  1.  1869;  taught  school  for  several  years  in 
Weber  County;  figured  as  a  leading  newspaper  manager  and  editor 
in  Ogden  from  1879  to  1889;  ordained  an  Elder  in  1880;  marrieJ  Jane  S. 
Ballantyne  in  1881,  with  whom  he  has  had  six  sons;  ordained  a  High 
Priest  in  1882;  from  1888  to  1890  he  edited  and  manged  the  "Contrib- 
utor" for  Junius  F.  Wells;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  as  president 
of  the  mission  from  1890  to  1892;  on  his  return  he  wrote  "A  Brief  His- 
tory of  the  Church"  and  "A  Life  of  Brigham  Young;  is  now  assistant 
Stake  historian  and  associate  editor  of  the  "Improvement  Era,"  etc. 


GUSTAVE  ANDERSON, 

Born  Jan.  5,  1850,  in  Grimstad  parish,  Elfsborg  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized 
by  Swen  Rosengren  in  1861;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1862;  located  in 
Grantsville,  Tooele  Co.,  where  he  still  resides;  filleJ  a  mission  to  Swe- 
den in  18t--S4.  laboring  principally  in  t  e  Gothenburg  and  Wingaker 
branches;  ordained  a  Seventy  Nov.  30,  1884,  by  Benjamin  F.  Barrus,  and 
became  a  member  of  the  31st  quorum  of  Seventy;  ordained  a  High 
Priest  and  set  apart  as  an  alternate  member  of  the  Tooele  Stake 
High  Council  Nov.  6,  1887.  by  Heber  J.  Grant;  set  apart  as  second  coun- 
selor to  Bishop  Wm.  G.  Collett  of  the  Grantsville  Ward  July  7,  1888,  and 
set  apart  as  first  counselor  to  Bishop  James  L.  Wrathall  July  28,  1890. 
He  has  also  served  as  councilman,  mayor,  etc.,  of  Grantsville  City, 
and  filled  manv  other  responsibilities  of  honor  and  trust. 


CHARLES    VICTOR    ANDERSON. 

Born  Dec.  7,  1860,  at  Linkoping,  ostergotland,  Sweden;  baptized  April 
6,  1876,  at  Norrkoping;  called  in  1877  to  Gothenburg  to  labor  on  "Nord- 
stjernan,"  the  organ  of  the  Church  in  the  Swedish  language,  the  publi- 
cation of  which  had  then  just  begun.  In  the  fall  of  1877.  when  the 
place  of  publication  was  changed  from  Gothenburg  to  Copenhagen. 
Denmark.  Bro.  Anderson  was  also  called  to  that  city,  where  he  labored 
as  a  compositor,  setting  in  type  the  Swedish  Book  of  Mormon;  being 
called  to  England,  he  labored  two  years  at  the  mission  office  at  42 
Islington.  Liverpool;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1882;  was  one  of  the  origina- 
tors of  "Svenska  Harolden,"  and  edited  the  same  several  years;  later 
he  engaged  in  other  newspaper  work;  since  189S  he  has  been  assistant 
editor  of  "Bikuben."  Bro.  Anderson  was  ordained  a  Teacher  In 
Sweden,  a  Priest  in  Denmark  and  an  Elder  in  England. 


CHRISTIAN  ANDERSEN, 

Born  May  6,  1840.  at  Guldborg,  Brarup  parish.  Falster,  Denmark;  bap- 
tized by  Elder  N.  C.  Poulsen  March  9,  1854;  labored  as  a  local  mission- 
ary for  three  years  on  the  islands  of  Falster  and  Lolland,  and  in  the 
city  of  Copenhagen;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1862;  resiled  three  years  in 
Gunnison,  Sanpete  County,  and  six  months  in  Richfield,  Sevier  County; 
left  the  latter  place  on  account  of  Indian  troubles  In  1867;  has  resided 
in  Fillmore.  Millard  County,  since  1868.  He  was  orda:ned  a  Seventy 
in  1873,  and  made  a  president  in  the  Forty-second  quorum  of  Seventy; 
ordained  a  High  Priest  in  1876  and  chosen  as  a  member  of  the  High 
Council  in  the  Millard  Stake  of  Zion;  has  acted  as  Stake  Clerk  since 
1887,  Stake  tithing  clerk  since  1879,  and  as  president  of  the  High  Priests 
quorum  since  1888,  ?  \  , 


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JAMES  ANDERSON, 

Born  April  28,  1835.  in  Bromme  parish,  Sor0  Amt,  Denmark:  baptized 
July  4,  1862;  labored  a  short  time  as  a  local  missionary;  emigrated  to 
Utah  in  1863;  located  at  Santaquin.  Utah  Co.,  being  the  first  Scandina- 
vian settler  at  that  plane;  removed  to  Spanish  Fork  in  1864,  where  he 
has  filled  many  important  and  responsible  positions;  among  which  that 
of  counselor  in  the  Bishopric;  tilled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1887- 
89.  laboring  in  the  Copenhagen  conference:  after  his  return  he  served 
two  terms  in  the  I'tah  penitentiary  for  infractions  on  the  anti-poly- 
gamy laws;  since  the  death  of  Jens  Hansen  he  has  presided  over  the 
Scandinavian  meetings  in  Spanish  Fork. 


JOHANNES  ANDERSON, 

Born  Jan.  2.  181!!>,  in  Lilla  Htirstnd.  Malmohus  L,;in,  Sweden;  baptized 
Aug.  25,  1862;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  lSiir>.  having  previously  been  or- 
dained to  the  office  of  an  Elder;  loca  etdin  Millville.  Cache  Co.,  Utah; 
at  the  organization  of  the  Cache  Valley  Stake  of  Zion  in  1877,  he  was 
chosen  as  counselor  to  Bishop  Pitkin.  of  Millville,  which  position  he 
held  till  1887,  when  he  left  Utah,  on  account  of  the  anti-polygamy  per- 
secutions, and  le.cated  in  Canada,  where  he  became  one  of  the  found 
ers  of  Cardston.  Alberta,  and  was  subsequently  chosen  as  a  coun- 
selor to  Bishop  John  A.  \Voolf.  At  the  organization  of  the  Alberta 
Stake  of  Zion,  he  was  chosen  as  a  High  Counselor  in  the  Stake,  which 
position  he  still  holds. 


LEWIS  ANDERSON, 

Born  in  Sweden  October  24,  1850;  emigrated  to  Utah  from  Burling!  "ii. 
Iowa,  in  the  year  1859,  together  with  his  parents;  tilled  two  missions 
to  the  Northern  States,  one  in  the  years  1875-76  and  one  in  the  years 
1884-85:  was  book-keeper  for  several  years  at  the  Mantl  Temple,  dur- 
ing its  construction,  and  on  the  opening  of  that  sacred  building  for 
ordinance  work,  he  \v;is  e.-illed  to  act  as  one  of  the  recorders,  which 
position  he  still  occupies.  In  1S94  he  was  appointed  Stake  tithing 
clerk  of  the  Sanpete  Stake  of  Zion,  which  office  he  also  nolds  at  the 
present  time. 


NEPHI  ANDERSON, 

Born  Nov.  6,  1858.  in  Burlington,  Iowa;  his  parents.  Ma<:s  C.  Anders  n 
and  Ane  K.  An.lerson,  emigrated  from  Denm.nk  to  America  in  lv>7. 
and  were  residing  temporarily  in  Iowa  when  Xi-phi  was  born;  the  fami- 
ly (-line  to  I'tah  in  I860,  and  located  in  Prove.  I'lah  Co  :  later  in  Gun- 
nison,  Sanpete  Co.  Nephi  was  baptized  when  ei.i^ht  \ear.s  old;  married 
Miss  Annie  I.arsen  in  (lunnison  Feb.  17.  l^'.e  <  r-hiined  an  Klder;  filled 
a  mission  to  Norway  in  Is'.U-iM!;  hiboied  in  '1  romso  and  Hammerfest. 
two  of  the  northernmost  towns  in  the  world,  about  eight  months; 
later  in  the  city  of  Latirvig  and  in  Hedemarken.  Since  his  return  he 
has  labored  as  a  home  missionary  in  the  fc-anpete  Stake  of  Zion;  is  a 
highly  respected  citizen  ol  Gunnison. 


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NILS  ANDERSON, 

Born  Nov.  26,  1835,  at  Lund,  Malmohus  Liln,  Sweden;  heard  "Mormon- 
ism"  preached  by  Anders  W.  Winberg,  and  was  baptized  Jan.  23,  1853, 
by  E.  G.  Erikson;  labored  as  a  local  missionary  in  Skane  conference, 
Sweden,  about  two  years,  and  emigrated  to  America  in  1855;  labored  as 
a  missionary  In  Iowa,  and  came  to  Utah  in  1857;  located  at  Ephraim, 
Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  still  resides.  In  1873-75  he  filled  a  mission  to 
Sweden,  where  he  presided  over  the  Skane  conference.  When  the 
Sanpete  Stake  of  Zion  was  organized  in  1877,  he  was  chosen  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  High  Council,  which  position  he  still  holds,  and  in  that  ca- 
pacity he  has  also  labored  as  a  home  missionary. 


NILS  ANDERSON. 

Born  May  4,  1836,  in  Svedala,  Malmohus  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  Aus.  **" 
1859,  by  J.  Rosengren;  ordained  a  Priest  in  his  native  land;  emigrated 
to  Utah  in  1861;  ordained  an  Elder  in  the  Endowment  house,  Salt  Lake 
City:  ordained  a  Seventy  July  18,  1876,  by  Job  Smith,  and  became  a 
member  of  the  4th  quorum  of  Seventy;  later  he  was  identified  w..n 
the  33rd  quorum;  performed  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1585-87.  leaving  his 
home  in  the  West  Jordan  ward,  Salt  Lake  Co.,  April  14,  18S5,  and  re- 
turning May  4,  1877;  he  labored  in  the  Gothenburg  conference;  was  or- 
dained a  High  Priest  March  25,  1899.  by  Wm.  C.  Dunbar,  and  at  the 
organization  of  the  Jordan  Stake  of  Zion.  Jan.  21.  1900,  he  was  set  apart 
as  second  counselor  to  President  Robert  Ellwood,  of  tne  High  Priests' 
quorum,  by  Apostle  Francis  M.  Lyman. 


NILS  A.  ANDERSON, 

Born  Jan.  13.  1858,  in  Smaland,  Sweden;  emigrated  to  Denmark  in  1867; 
baptized  Nov.  8,  1874;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1878;  was  married  in  Salt 
Lake  City  Oct.  19,  1882;  located  at  Benjamin.  Utah  Co.,  where  he  still 
resides;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1885-87;  labored  In  the  Hede- 
marken  branch,  Norway,  about  one  an3  a  half  years,  and  afterwards 
in  the  Aarhus  branch,  Aarhus  conference,  Denmark.  To  perform  this 
mission  he  left  home  in  April,  1885,  and  returned  in  June,  1887. 


NILS  O.  ANDERSON, 

Born  Sept.  20,  1845,  at  Slimminge,  Malmbhus  Lan,  Skane,  Sweden.  His 
parents  having  heard  of  "Mormonism,"  sent  for  the  Elders  to  come 
and  visit  them,  which  led  to  their  conversion,  and  they  were  baptized 
April  10,  1853;  they  were  the  first  members  of  tne  Ohurch  In  that  part 
of  Sweden.  The  family  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1854-55.  and  located  in 
Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah,  where  young  Nils  O.  Anderson  was  bap- 
tized by  Joseph  Clemmens  in  1857.  Being  first  ordained  a  Seventy,  he 
filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1880-82,  laboring  as  traveling;  Elier  in  the 
Skane  conference.  He  still  resides  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah. 


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OLE  ANDERSON, 

Born  in  Huarod  parish,  Christianstad  Lan,  Sweden,  July  26,  1852.  Owing 
to  the  poverty  of  his  parents  he  was  obliged  from  his  early  youth  to 
earn  his  own  living.  When  15  years  old  he  migrated  to  Denmark  and 
became  a  Danish  citizen  in  1S75.  Becoming  converted  to  "Mormon- 
ism,"  he,  together  with  his  wife,  was  baptized  Aug.  20,  I8S2,  by  Elder 
Jens  M.  Christensen;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1884,  and  located  in  Pleasant 
Grove,  Utah  County;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1895-97,  laboring  in 
the  Aarhus  conference, part  of  the  time  as  president  of  the  Randers 
branch.  At  Pleasant  Grove,  where  he  still  resides,  he  has  acted  as 
Ward  Teacher  and  Sunday  School  Teacher;  has  also  labored  as  a  home 
missionary  in  the  Utah  Stake  of  Zion. 


PETER  C.  ANDERSON, 

Born  March  10,  1866,  at  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah;  baptized  Oct.  25, 
1874-  ordained  a  Priest  Jan.  6,  1883;  acted  as  secretary  for  the  Ephraim 
South  Ward  Sunday  school  from  Oct.  15,  1880,  to  1882;  general  secretary 
of  the  Ephraim  consolidated  Sunday  School  from  1882  to  1890;  superin- 
tendent of  the  primary  department  of  said  school  from  1890  to  1896;  gen- 
eral superintendent  of  the  school  since  1896;  labored  six  years  as  libra- 
rian three  years  as  secretary, and  two  years  as  president  of  the  Ephra- 
im Y.  M.  M.  I.  A.;  ordained  an  Elder  Feb.  11,  1889;  acted  as  clerk  of  the 
Ephraim  South  Ecclesiastical  Ward  two  years;  took  a  normal  course 
in  the  University  of  Deseret  in  1887-88;  taught  school  at  Ephraim  eight 
years  (1888-96);  served  two  years  as  treasurer  and  seven  years  as  re- 
corder of  Ephraim  City;  married  Helen  A.  Stevens  Feb.  13,  1889. 


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PETER  M.  ANDERSON. 

Born  Jan.  22,  1839,  in  Sweden;  baptized  in  March,  18K;  emigrated  to 
Utah  in  1865,  and  located  in  Grantsville,  Tooele  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to 
Sweden  in  1884-86,  laboring  principally  in  the  Christianstad  and  Hel- 
singborg  branches  of  the  Skane  conference;  during  his  mission  he 
held  183  meetings,  baptized  17  persons,  and  traveled  upwards  of  4.0mi 
miles;  his  missionary  companions  were  John  H.  Anderson,  of  Logan, 
Swend  C.  Nilson,  of  Richmond,  and  Mons  Manson,  of  Moroni. 


JOHN  F.  APPLEQriST, 

Born  June  24,  1862,  in  Danmark  parish,  Upsala  Lan,  Sweden,  and 
raised  as  a  Lutheran;  hearing  of  the  Gospel  as  preached  by  the  Lat- 
ter-day Saints,  he  decided  to  cast  his  lot  with  that  people,  and  emigrat- 
ed In  1886  to  Utah,  where  he  was  baptized  Feb.  1,  1887;  ordained  an  El- 
der Aug.  8,  1887;  married  Ottilia  J.  S.  Hoglund  Aug.  12.  1887:  lost  his 
wife  by  death  Sept.  13,  188'.;  labored  as  a  Teacher  in  the  13th  ward. 
Salt  Lake  City,  1893-95;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  and  filled  a  mission  to 
Sweden  in  1895-97  .laboring  in  the  Stockholm  conference,  principally  in 
the  Orebro,  Westeras  and  1'psala  branches;  after  his  return  he  mar- 
ried Anna  S.  Krantz,  Jan.  12,  1839. 


GfSTAVE  HILMER  BACKMAN, 

Son  of  Samuel  C.  Backman,  was  .  born  May  18,  1864,  in  Gothenburg, 
Sweden,  of  Latter-day  Saint  parents;  baptized  by  John  Lundberg  in 
Gothenburg-  in  1874;  emigrated  with  his  parents  to  Utah  in  1877;  attend- 
ed the  public  schools  and  later  the  University  in  Salt  Lake  City; 
fillea  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1886-88,  laboring  in  the  Gothenburg  con- 
ference. Since  his  return  he  has  served  four  years  as  deputy  county 
recorder  in  Salt  Lake  County;  two  terms  as  city  recorder  of  Salt  Lake 
City;  two  years  as  teller  in  the  Utah  Commercial  and  Savings  Bank, 
etc.  Having  studied  law  for  ten  years,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  as 
an  attorney  and  councilor-at-law  in  1900,  and  is  now  practicing  la.w  anrt 
conducting  an  abstract  business.  Upon  the  election  of  Judge  Wm.  K. 
King  to  Congress,  April  2,  1900,  he  was  chosen  as  the  judge's  private 
secretary,  and  is  now  serving  in  that  capacity  in  Washington,  D.  C. 


HENRY  W.  BERG, 

Son  of  Ole  H.  Berg  and  Anna  Maria  Nelson,  was  born  in  Provo,  Utah, 
Co.,  Utah,  Aug.  8,  1878;  baptized  when  eight  years  old;  received  a  good 
education  in  Provo;  left  his  home  on  a  mission  to  Scandinavia,  Oct.  14. 
1899;  on  his  arrival  at  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  he  was  appointed  to  labor 
in  Norway, where  the  Ejdsvold  branch  was  assigned  him  as  his  field  of 
labor.  While  engage:!  in  the  ministry  in  the  province  of  Hedemarken. 
he  contracted  a  severe  cold,  which  settled  on  his  lungs,  and  turned  into 
consumption,  from  the  effects  of  which  he  died  at  Cnnstiania.  Feb. 
21,  1900.  His  body  was  shipped  home  in  charge  of  Elder  Jacob  Olsen, 
and  interred  in  the  Provo  cemetery  April  2,  1900. 


OLE   H.    BERG, 

Born  Sept.  12,  1840,  in  Smaalenene,  Smaalenene  Amt,  Norway;  removed, 
when  fifteen  years  old,  to  Christiania,  where  he  learned  the  trade 
of  a  cabinet  maker;  baptized  in  October,  1861;  ordained  a  Teacher  and 
labored  as  a  local  missionary  in  Odalen,  Kongsvinger  and  Sol0r;  or- 
dained an  Elder  and  sent  to  Ris0r  to  preside  over  a  branch  of  the 
Church;  later  he  labored  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  the  Drammen  and 
R0ken  branches;  called  to  Denmark  in  1864  and  appointed  to  labor  in 
the  ©ernes'  (Islands)  conference,  first  as  traveling  Elder  and  later  as 
president;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1866  ani  located  at  Provo,  Utah  Co., 
where  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education,  city 
councilor,  county  coroner,  etc.;  filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  1889-91, 
presiding  most  of  the  time  over  the  Christiania  conference.  He  now 
acts  as  a  High  Councilor  in  the  Utah  Stake  of  Zion,  and  as  president 
of  Scandinavian  meetings  in  the  whole  Stake. 


GEARSEN  S.   BASTION, 

Born  July  1,  1860.  in  Moroni,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah;  his  father,  Jacob  Bas- 
tion, was  a  native  of  Amager,  Denmark,  and  his  mother,  Johanne 
Marie  Sander,  was  born  near  Vejle,  Jylland,  Denmark;  both  emigrated 
to  Utah  in  1857,  crossing  the  plains  with  hand  carts.  Gearson,  while 
residing  in  Washington.  Utah,  was  called  on  a  mission  to  Scandinavia 
in  1888;  he  labored  in  the  Aarhus  conference,  Denmark,  and  returnel 
home  in  1890.  Subsequently  he  removed  to  Rabbit  Valley,  and  when 
the  Wayne  Stake  of  Zion  was  organized,  he  was  chosen  as  first  coun- 
selor in  the  Stake  presidency,  which  position  he  still  occupies. 


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A.  M.  BERNTSEN, 

Born  Jan.  22,  1833,  at  Rovsth0je,  Grimstrup  parish,  Ribe  Amt,  Den- 
mark; baptized  Nov.  4,  1861;  ordained  an  Elder  and  called  to  labor  as 
a  local  missionary  in  the  Vendsyssel  conference,  and  later  appointed 
president  of  the  Voer  branch;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1863,  and  located 
at  Fountain  (jreen,  Sanpete  Co.  Here  he  has  taken  a  most  active 
part  both  in  ecclesiastical  anJ  secular  affairs,  at  an  early  day  he  act- 
ed as  president  of  the  local  Elders'  quorum,  and  for  many  years  he 
has  served  as  a  counselor  in  the  Bishopric,  and  president  of  the  Scan- 
dinavian meetings  in  Fountain  Green. 


EPHRA1M  BJoRKLl'ND, 

Born  April  6,  1864,  in  Sigtuna,  Stockholm  Lan,  Sweden;  Baptized  in 
September,  1S76;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1878,  arriving  in  Sail  Lake  City 
July  23,  1878;  ordained  a  Teacher  and  subsequently  an  Elder  in  1892; 
acted  as  secretary  of  the  Salt  Lake  City  2nd  Ward  Y.  M.  M.  I.  A.  in 
1893  and  1894;  ordained  a  Seventy  June  5,  1896,  by  Seymour  B.  Young; 
filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1896-98,  laboring  principally  in  the  Upsala, 
Eskilstuna.  Stockholm  and  Vesteras  branches;  he  presided  over  the 
last  named  branch;  returned  home  July  16,  1898. 


JACOB  JOHANNES  MARTINI'S   DOHN, 

Born  April  27,  1823,  In  Aalborg,  Denmark,  of  religious  parents;  joined 
the  Baptists  as  a  youth;  was  baptized  as  the  first  convert  to  "Mor- 
monism"  in  Randers.  Denmark,  Oct.  28,  1851,  by  Elder  ohr.  Christian- 
sen, together  with  his  wife;  a  few  days  later  he  was  ordained  a  Priest 
and  sent  out  to  labor  as  a  local  missionary  in  Jylland,  in  which  capa- 
city he  became  the  first  "Mormon"  preacher  to  testify  of  the  re- 
stored Gospel  in  many  of  the  cities,  towns  and  villages,  of  Denmark, 
where  large  branches  of  the  Church  subsequently  were  raised  up;  or- 
dained an  Elder  Aug.  12,  1852,  by  John  E.  Forsgren.  Being  a  natural 
poet,  he  composed  most  of  the  hymns  which  constitute  the  first  edi- 
tion of  the  Latter-day  Saints'  hymnbook  in  the  Danish  language;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1853-54;  ordained  a  Seventy  in  1861  by  John  Tidwell; 
later  he  was  ordained  a  High  Priest.  Elder  Bohn  diei  March  14,  1900. 


ERIC    FERDINAND    DRANTING. 

Born  July  20,  1836,  at  Thorshalla,  Sodermanland.  Sweden:  received  a 
common  school  education;  lost  his  father  by  death  when  a  boy; 
learned  the  trade  of  a  tin  smith;  was  baptized  Oct.  23.  1859,  by  Elder 
T.  A.  Halgren;  ordained  a  Deacon  in  June,  1860,  and  soon  afterwards 
an  Elder;  labored  as  a  local  missionary  in  the  Stockholm  conference 
(part  of  the  time  on  the  island  of  Gotland)  about  two  years,  and  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1864;  located  in  Brigham  City,  ana  later  in  Salt 
Lake  City.  Utah;  married  Erika  Josephine  Raberg  May  18.  1866:  filled 
a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1S75-77,  laboring  first  as  a  traveling  Elder  in 
and  later  as  president  of  the  Stockholm  conference.  On  this  mission 
he  became  a  victim  of  consumption,  which  disease  finally  resulted  in 
his  demise  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Dec.  19,  1889. 


JULIA  BRIXEN, 

Wife  of  Andrew  C.  Brixen,  is  a  daughter  of  John  Gutke  and  Johanna 
Mork,  ana  was  born  Sept.  17,  1859,  at  Radanefors,  Elfsborg  Lan,  Swe- 
den; emigrated  to  Utah  as  a  Latter-day  Saint,  in  1874;  married  Andrew 
C.  Brixen,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Aug.  16,  1880;  filled  a  special  mission  to 
Scandinavia  in  1898,  accompanying  her  husband,  visiting  all  the 
principal  branches  of  the  Church  in  Sweden,  Denmark  and  Norway. 
At  home  she  has  for  twenty  years  been  a  most  energetic  worker  in 
the  Y.  L.  M.  I.  A.,  and  in  other  directions,  and  after  tilling  a  num- 
ber of  local  positions,  is  now  an  aid  on  the  general  board  of  the  Y.  L. 
M.  I.  A. 


FRANS  JOIIANNESEN  BROMANDER, 

Born  Jan.  27.  1854,  at  Fletsrud,  Tisselskey  parish,  Elfsborg  Lan,  Dais- 
land,  Sweden;  baptized  Aug.  18,  1875,  at  Frederikshald,  Norway;  re- 
moved to  Christiania,  Norway,  in  September,  1875;  ordained  a  Teacher 
Aug.  22,  1876;  ordained  an  Elder  Nov.  15,  1876,  and  sent  to  Stavanger 
as  a  local  missionary ;  later  he  extended  his  tield  of  operation  to  the  sur- 
rounding country.  He  was  continued  as  a  traveling  Elder  until  1878, 
when  he  emigrated  to  Utah  and  located  in  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he 
married  Miss  Nephine  Christensen,  and  where  he  died  as  a  faithful 
Elder  in  the  Church  March  1,  1883. 


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HANS  JORGEN   BROWN. 

Born  July  1,  1838,  In  Sarup,  Haarby  parish,  Svendborg  Amt,  Fyen, 
Denmark;  baptized  June  1,  1857;  ordained  a  Priest  two  months  later 
and  sent  out  to  preach  the  Gospel;  labored  as  a  local  missionary 
four  and  a  half  years,  during  which  time  he  was  ordained  an  Elder 
and  presided  one  year  over  the  Middelfart  branch,  and  later  had 
charge  of  a  district  containing  four  branches  in  Hie  Odense  con- 
ference; still  later,  he  was  appointed  to  re-open  missionary  labors 
on  the  island  of  Langeland;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1862;  married  Anne 
Nielsen  on  the  journey,  and  located  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co., 
where  he  still  resides;  ordained  a  Seventy  March  5,  1866.  by  P.  M. 
Peel;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  18S2-84;  laboring  principally  in 
the  Randers  and  Odense  branches  of  the  Aarhus  conference;  set  apart 
as  a  president  in  the  66th  quorum  of  Seventy. 


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WILLIAM  BUDGE, 

Born  May  1,  1828,  in  Lanark,  Lanarkshire.  Scotland;  baptized 
Dec.  31.  1848;  was  sent  out  as  a  local  missionary  in  February, 
1851,  and  labored  in  that  capacity  for  nearly  ten  years-  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1860.  After  living  in  Utah  and  Idaho  for 
18  years,  during  which  time  he  acted  as  Bishop  and  president  of  the 
Bear  Lake  Stake,  he  was  appointed  to  the  presidency  or  the  European 
mission,  of  which  Scandinavia  is  a  part,  continuing  in  that  capacity 
for  two  years  and  four  months  (1878-80).  During  his  presidency  in 
Europe  he  visited  Scandinavia  three  times,  that  mission  being  then  un- 
der the  presidency  of  Elder  Nils  C.  Flygare  and  later  Niels  Wilhelm- 
sen.  The  kind  reception  and  treatment  throughout  which  he  always 
received  In  Denmark,  Norway  and  Sweden  he  always  remembers. 


CARL  A.  CARLQUIST. 

Born  Jan.  8,  1857,  in  Flo,  near  the  city  of  Venersborg,  Skaraborg  Lan, 
Sweden;  baptized  in  Trollhattan,  Sept.  19,  186S;  labored  as  a  local  mis- 
sionary in  the  Gothenburg  conference  from  Octobei,  1874,  to  June, 
1877,  when  he  emigrated  to  Utah,  and  maue  his  home  in  Salt  Lake 
City;  he  engaged  in  the  furniture  business  and  took  a  leading  part 
among  the  Scandinavians,  acting  for  some  time  as  a  counselor  in  the 
presidency  of  the  Scandinavian  meetings  in  Salt  LaRe  City;  filled  a 
mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1892-94,  on  which  he  tirst  labored  as  a  tra- 
veling Elder  in  and  later  as  president  of  the  Gothenburg  conference, 
Sweden;  from  May,  1893,  to  April,  1894,  he  presided  over  the  Scandina- 
vian mission. 


AUGUST  W.  CARLSON, 

Born  in  Karlskrona.  Sweden.  August  28.  1844;  became  Identified  with 
the  Church  in  March,  1863;  labored  in  the  Gothenburg  conference  in 
1864-65,  in  the  office  at  Copenhagen  1865-66,  in  the  Millennial  Star  office 
at  Liverpool,  England,  from  the  spring  of  1867  to  the  fall  of  1871;  ar- 
arrived  at  Salt  Lake  City,  in  December,  1871,  and  has  since  then  been 
identified  with  Z.  C.  M.  I.,  except  during  1877  and  1878,  wnen  in  Copen- 
hagen translating  the  Book  of  Mormon  into  the  Swedish  language;  was 
a  member  of  the  Salt  Lake  City  council  during  1888  and  1889;  regent 
of  the  University  of  Deseret  from  1886  to  1890;  trustee  Tor  the  State 
School  for  the  Deaf  ana  Blind  from  1886  to  1899;  is  at  present  director  of 
the  Deseret  National  Bank,  the  Deseret  Savings  Bank,  the  State 
Bank  of  Utah,  Zion's  Benefit  Building  Society  and  treasurer  of  Z.  C. 
M.  1. 


CARL  FREDERIK  CARLSON, 

Born  Jan.  28.  1S53.  In  Dalsland.  Sweden;  emigrated  to  Frederikshald, 
Norway,  in  1873;  baptized  April  18,  1875,  In  Christlania,  Norway;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1875,  and  located  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.;  later 
he  removed  to  Manti.  where  he  still  resides;  married  Marie  M.  J0r- 
gensen,  a  native  of  Norway,  Sept.  11,  1876;  ordained  a  Seventy  Aug. 
8,  1884;  filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  1885-87;  presided  over  the  Fred- 
erikshald branch,  and  baptized  13  persons;  after  his  return  home 
he  was  chosen  as  a  president  of  the  48th  quorum  of  Seventy. 


C.  R.  CARLSTROM, 

Born  March  20,  1874, in  Eskilstuna,  Sweden;  baptized  and  confirmed 
Aug.  26,  1893,  by  John  Jensen;  ordained  a  Teacher  Jan.  7,  1894,  by 
George  Lindquist;  ordained  a  Priest  Aug.  5.  1894,  by  H.  B.  Nielsen; 
called  to  labor  as  a  missionary  in  the  Stockholm  conference  in  April, 
1897;  ordained  an  Elder  Aug.  I,  1897,  by  Carl  A.  Ahlqulst;  labored  in 
the  Orebro  branch  about  ten  months,  and  in  the  Upsala  branch  four- 
teen months;  having  been  honorably  released  from  his  missionary  la- 
bors, he  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1899,  and  located  in  Salt  Lake  City. 


PETER  NICHOLAUS  CHLARSSON, 

Son  of  Nils  Chlarsson  and  Ane  Persdotter,  was  born  in  Lund,  Malmo- 
hus  Lan,  Sweden,  June  15,  1830;  raised  in  the  Lutheran  faith;  re- 
moved to  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  when  about  six  years  old,  where 
he  embraced  "Mormonism,"  being  baptized  and  confirmed  by  Peter 
Beckstrom  about  1851;  removed  to  Vestervik,  Kalmar  Lan,  Sweden,  in 
1858.  where  he  established  himself  as  a  cooper,  and  employed  a  large 
number  of  men;  being  a  prominent  citizen,  he  rendered  the  mission- 
aries, who  labored  in  that  part  of  Sweden,  liberal  and  efficient  aid;  he 
also  made  short  missionary  tours  into  the  surrounding  country;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1879;  he  has  since  resided  in  Granite,  Hyrum. 
and  Garden  City  (Salt  Lake  Co.);  worked  as  carpenter  on  the  Salt 
Lake  City  Temple. 


ANTON  THEODOR  CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  Dec.  31,  1852,  in  the  city  of  Horsens,  Denmark;  baptized  in  1870, 
by  Hans  Andersen;  ordained  a  Teacher  in  1870,  and  an  Elder  in  1871, 
labored  as  a  local  Elder  for  three  years,  during  whltTi  time  he  also 
learned  the  trade  of  a  weaver;  was  called  into  the  regular  ministry 
in  1874,  and  appointed  to  preside  over  the  Randers  branch,  Aarhus 
conference;  later  he  presided  over  the  Aarhus  branch;  while  filling 
these  positions  he  was  much  beloved  by  the  Saints;  baptized  55  souls; 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1877,  and  located  in  Provo,  Utah  Co.,  but  since 
1881  been  a  resident  of  Salt  Lake  City;  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
the  Sunday  school  and  Y.  M.  M.  I.  A.  cause.  He  lost  his  wife  by 
death  recently;  his  children  are  all  faithful  members  or  the  Church. 


CARL  CHRISTIAN  ANTON  CHRISTENhsEN. 

Born  Nov.  28,  1831,  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  learned  the  art  of  paint- 
ing, studying  the  art  of  drawing  in  the  Royal  Academy  of  Art  in 
Copenhagen;  baptized  Sept.  26,  1850,  by  Geo.  P.  Dykes;  ordained  a 
Priest  in  January,  1853,  and  called  to  labor  as  a  missionary  on  the 
island  of  Sjselland;  later,  the  same  year,  he  was  orcained  an  Elder 
and  sent  on  a  mission  to  Norway,  where  he  Introduced  the  Gospel 
in  the  city  of  Christiania  and  organizes  a  branch  of  the  Church  in 
that  city  Dec.  8,  1853;  later  he  preached  in  Drammen,  Christiania 
and  Aker.  suffering  persecution;  in  )oo5  ne  succeeded  Canute  Peterson 
as  president  of  the  Christiania  conference;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1857; 
filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  1865-68.  presiding  over  the  Christiania 
conference.  Having  remove!  to  Ephralm,  Sanpete  Co.,  he  became 
president  OL  the  47th  quorum  of  Seventy;  filled  another  mission  to 
Scandinavia  in  1887-89,  laboring  as  translator  for  "Skandlnaviens 
Stjerne;"  ordained  a  Patriarch  March  4,  1900;  he  ..as  composed  numer- 
ous hymns. 


MADS  FREDERICK  THEOBALD  CHRISTENSEN, 
Born  In  Copenhagen.  Denmark,  March  10,  1837,  being  a  younger 
brother  of  C.  C.  A.  Christensen,  and  the  third  of  his  father's  four 
sons;  baptized  in  his  early  youth  and  emigrated  to  Utah  with  his 
mother  in  1853-54;  was  among  the  early  settlers  of  Sanpete  County, 
and  also  one  of  the  volunteers  who  went  to  the  Muacy  in  Nevada, 
and  built  the  settlement  of  St.  Thomas.  He  remained  there  eight 
years  under  very  trying  circumstances  till  the  settlements  on  the 
Muddy  were  broken  up,  when  he  located  In  Fairview,  Sanpete  Co., 
his  present  home;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1SS4-86  laboring  in 
the  editorial  department  of  the  mission;  went  on  a  second  mission 
to  Scandinavia  in  1898,  from  which  he  has  not  yet  returned;  he 
is  again  laboring  as  translator  and  writer  for  "Skandinaviens  Stjer- 
ne." 


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WILLIAM  CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  Feb.  13,  1841,  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  baptized  In  1851,  and 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1852,  in  charge  of  strangers;  tnough  among 
strangers  in  a  strange  land,  he  found  kindheartei  people,  who  took 
an  Interest  in  his  welfare;  by  perseverance  he  acquires  a  good  educa- 
tion and  became  a  very  proficient  school  teacher;  filled  a  mission  to 
Denmark  in  1877-79,  laboring  first  in  Randers,  Jylland,  and  later  pre- 
sided over  the  Copenhagen  conference;  called  as  a  missionary  colonist 
to  Colorado  to  settle  in  the  San  Luis  valley,  in  1880;  located  in  Ma- 
nassa;  at  the  organization  of  the  San  Luis  Stake,  June  10,  i883.  he  was 
chosen  second  counselor  to  President  Silas  S.  Smith;  he  also  held  the 
office  of  Stake  Supt.  of  Sunday  Schools,  postmaster  in  Manassa,  etc. 
Removed  to  Uintah  County.  Utah,  in  1894,  and  died  mere  March  25, 
1895.  His  full  name  was  Otto  Edward  Wilhelm  Thorvald. 


ERICK  CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  May  11,  1839,  on  the  island  of  Fyen,  Denmark;  baptized  in  July, 
1862;  married  Miss  Karen  Anderson  in  1866,  and  left  Denmark,  with 
his  young  wife  bound  for  Utah  that  year;  but  while  encamped  at 
Wyoming,  Neb.,  in  August,  1866,  his  wife  died,  and  he  came  to  Utah 
alone,  arriving  in  Salt  Lake  City  the  following  October;  located  at 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  married  his  present  wife,  Karen 
Kirstine,  and  in  1869  removes  to  Ephraim,  where  he  still  resides.  In 
1894-96  he  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia,  laboring  principally  in  the 
city  of  Copenhagen,  Denmark.  At  home  he  has  been  an  active 
worker  in  the  local  Priesthood,  is  a  member  of  the  47th  quorum  of 
Seventy,  and  a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Ephraim. 


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GEORGE  CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  in  Aarhus,  Denmark,  Feb.  24,  1866;  emigrated  to  Utah  with 
his  parents  in  June,  1873;  located  first  in  Brigham  City,  but  in  No- 
vember 1874,  moved  to  Mount  Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co..  where  he  still 
resides;  was  appointed  Stake  supt.  of  Sunday  Schools  for  Sanpete 
Stake  Nov.  12,  1893;  ordained  a  Deacon  when  about  14  years  old; 
ordained  a  Seventy  Aug.  li,  1SS4,  by  Jens  Hansen,  and  a  High  Priest 
Nov.  13,  1893,  by  Apostle  John  Henry  Smith;  attended  the  B.  T. 
Academy  two  years,  and  graduated  from  that  institution  as  No.  1 
in  his  class  in  June.  1889;  served  as  principal  of  the  latter-day  Saints' 
Seminary  at  Mt.  Pleasant  three  years,  and  principal  of  tne  Sanpete 
Stake  Academy  at  Ephraim  one  year;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia 
in  1896-98;  labored  successively  as  traveling  Elder  in  the  Copenhagen 
branch,  president  of  the  Copenhagen  conference,  translator  of  "Skan- 
dinaviens  Stjerne"  and  president  of  the  Scandinavian  mission. 


JENS  CHRISTENSKX. 

Born  Jan.  16,  1838.  in  Try,  Torslev  parish,  Hjorring  Amt,  Denmark; 
baptized  June  2,  1861;  called  to  labor  as  a  local  missionary  in  the 
Vendsyssel  conference  a  few  weeks  later;  and  continued  in  the  minis- 
try till  1863,  when  he  emigrated  to  Utah  and  locaced  In  Spring  City, 
Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  still  resides.  In  1864  he  made  a  trip  to  the  Mis- 
souri river  as  a  Church  teamster  after  the  poor.  Ii>  1877-79  he  filled 
a  mission  to  Denmark,  where  he  labored  one  year  in  the  Aarhus  con- 
ference, and  subsequently  presided  over  the  Aalborg  conference;  in 
1897-98  he  filled  another  mission  to  Denmark,  again  laboring  in  the 
Aalborg  conference.  At  home  he  presided  over  an  Elders'  quorum 
from  1873  to  1884,  when  he  was  ordained  a  Seventy  and  chosen  as  a 
president  of  the  80th  quorum  of  Seventy;  he  has  presided  over  the 
Scandinavian  meeting  in  Spring  City  since  1872. 


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XENS  M.    CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  Jan.  8,  1846,  in  Klrkeby,  Hornstrup  parish,  Vejle  Amt,  Denmark; 
baptized  May  31,  1863;  ordained  a  Teacner  soon  afterwards;  com- 
menced missionary  labors  Jan.  1,  1864;  ordained  an  Elder  April  6,  1863; 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1867;  settles  at  Moroni,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he 
was  chosen  a  counselor  in  tue  Elders  quorum,  and  became  a  diligent 
Sunday  School  worker,  serving  as  secretary,  assistant  superintendent 
and  superintendent;  ordained  a  High  Priest  May  28,  1874  and  set  apart 
as  a  local  High  Counselor;  served  as  Mayor  of  Moroni  from  1879  to 
1881;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  WL-83;  presided  over  the  Aarhus 
branch  and  later  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  in  Moroni,  as 
counselor  in  the  presidency  of  the  High  Priests  quorum,  etc. ;  removed 
with  his  family  to  Salt  Lake  City  in  1893,  when  the  24th  Ward  was  or- 
T3""!  h  '  pril  17>  1898>  he  was  cnosen  second  counselor  to  Bishop  E. 


JENS  PETER  CHRIbl'ENSEN, 

Born  Nov.  4,  1854,  in  Vendsyssel,  Denmark;  his  parents,  Jens  C.  and 
Louise  S.  Cnrlstensen,  were  among  the  early  members  of  the  Church 
in  that  part  of  the  country,  and  raised  their  children  in  the  true  re- 
ligion; Jens  Peter  was  baptized  when  a  youth  and  later  ordained  to 
the  Priesthood;  he  labored  two  years  as  a  local  missionary  in  the 
Aalborg  conference,  in  1873-74;  passed  through  considerable  experience 
on  his  missionary  tours;  he  an3  Elder  Andrew  Jenson  labored  to- 
gether in  the  ministry  on  the  island  of  nors;  they  were  bitterly  op- 
posed by  a  Lutheran  priest,  who,  fail.ng  in  his  efforts  to  confound 
the  Elders,  returned  to  his  home  sick  and  died  soon  afterwards;  em- 
igrated to  Utah  in  1874,  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Ephraim,  Sanpete 
Co.,  where  he  is  a  photographer;  he  is  also  the  present  mayor  of 
Ephraim. 


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NIELS  C.   CHRISTENSEN, 


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Denmark,  Nov.  1,  1884,  and  was  appointed  to  labor  in  the  Aarhus  con- 
ference, but  on  account  of  poor  health  he  was  released  the  following 
spring;  reached  home  in  safety;  but  never  recovered  from  his  sick- 
ness. He  died  at  his  residence  in  Levan,  Juab  Co.,  Utah,  June  5  1886 
leaving  two  wives  and  six  children. 


NIELS  C.   CHRISTENSEX, 

Born  Nov.  8,  1857,  in  Hjorring  Amt,  Denmark;  emigrated  with  his 
parents  to  Utah  in  1861,  and  located  first  in  Pleasant  Grove,  Utah  Co.. 
afterwards  in  Salina,  from  which  the  settlers  were  driven  by  Indians; 
located  next  in  Manti,  where  Niels  was  baptized  in  1874;  he  labored 
on  ihe  St.  George  Temple  in  1875;  removed  to  Mayfield.  Sanpete  Co.. 
in  1878;  married  Elmira  Matilda  Bunce  in  1878;  was  ordained  an  Elder 
in  1879;  ordained  a  Seventy  April  13,  1886;  filled  a  mission  to  the  North- 
western States  in  1886-88,  acted  as  president  of  the  Y.  M.  M.  I.  A. 
and  also  as  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School  in  May- 
field;  ordained  a  High  Priest  and  set  apart  as  second  counselor  to 
Bishop  Parley  Christiansen  in  Mayfleld.  Aug.  31.  1890;  lost  his  wife  by 
death  in  1891;  ordained  a  Bishop  and  called  to  preside  as  such  in  Stir- 
ling, Sanpete  Co.,  in  1891,  which  position  he  still  holds;  married 
Hannah  V.  Bunderson  Oct.  16,  189L 


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LARS  PETER  CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  Jan  17,  1837,  In  Gunderup,  Vrejley  parish,  Hjorring  Amt,  Den- 
mark; baptized  by  J.  C.  0stenkjser,  Sept.  8,  1858,  labored  one  year  as  a 
local  missionary;  baptized  11  souls,  and  earned  means  for  his  emi- 
gration; emigrated  to  Utah  in  1861,  and  located  at  Milton,  Morgan  Co., 
wnere  he  presided  over  the  branch  about  ten  years  ana  also  acted  as 
bishop's  counselor;  removed  to  Richfield,  Sevier  Co.,  in  1875,  where 
he  still  resides;  in  1881-83  he  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark,  where  he 
presided  over  the  Hjorring  branch  and  later  over  the  Aalborg  con- 
ference; baptized  41  persons.  At  Richfield  he  presided  ror  some  time 
over  the  local  branch  of  the  United  Order  and  acted  as  first  counselor 
in  the  Bishopric  about  twelve  years. 


PAUL  CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  March  21.  1834,  in  Christiania,  Norway;  became  a  member  of 
the  Church  in  March,  1858;  soon  afterwards  he  was  ordained  to  the 
Priesthood  and  called  to  labor  in  the  ministry;  in  that  capacity  he 
visited  near.y  every  part  of  his  native  land  ani  sufferetr  much  perse- 
cution for  the  Gospel's  sake;  he  was  also  imprisoned  a  number  of 
times  for  administering  the  ordinances  of  the  Gospel,  and  lost  a  splen- 
did position  as  a  machinist  in  the  city  of  Christiania  for  the  same 
cause.  Throughout  the  most  trying  ordeals  he  remained  faithful  to 
the  Church  to  the  last;  he  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1876  and  died  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  June  15,  1894. 


PETER  CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  in  Volstrup,  Hj0rring  Amt,  Denmark,  Feb.  10,  1845;  baptize!  Feb. 
4,  18il,  by  Elder  Carl  Andersen;  ordained  an  E1.1er  a  month  later  and 
called  to  labor  locally  in  the  ministry;  emigrateu  to  Utah  in  1873.  and 
located  in  Kichfield,  Sevier  Co.;  removed  in  1875  to  Elsinore.  where  he 
still  resides;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  18*2-84.  laboring  in  the 
Aalborgr  conference;  called  and  set  apart  as  second  counselor  to  Bishop 
James  I.  Jensen  Nov.  24,  1868;  labored  in  that  capacity  till  1893,  when 
he  was  set  apart  as  first  counselor,  which  position  he  still  holds. 


PETER  CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  September  15,  1862  in  Moroni,  Sanpete  Co.,  I  tan;  is  a  son  of  R.  P. 
Christensen  and  Maria;  was  baptized  when  eight  years  old;  ordained 
an  Elder  and  married  in  lj>»6;  called  on  a  miss.on  to  Scandinavia  in 
1890  and  appointed  to  labor  in  Norway,  where  he  worked  in  the  min- 
istry two  years,  his  fields  of  labor  being  in  the  district  or  Hedemarken 
and  later  in  the  city  of  Trondhjem.  He  returned  home  In  1892,  after 
being  honorably  released.  He  is  a  president  of  the  37th  quorum  of 
Seventy,  and  an  active  Teacher  in  the  Moroni  Ward  and  in  the 
Sunday  School.  • 


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PETER  C.  CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  June  8.  1830.  in  Asaa.  Hjorring  Amt,  Denmark;  baptized  by  Niels 
M.  Peterson  Oct.  24,  1859;  labored  as  a  local  missionary  In  the  Vendsys- 
sel  conference  one  year  and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1861;  located  succes- 
sively in  Pleasant  Grove,  Salina,  Manti  and  Mayfleld,  the  latter  place 
being  his  present  home;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1872-74,  presid- 
ing over  the  Aalborg  conference;  filled  a  second  mission  to  Denmark 
in  1891-93,  when  he  labored  in  the  Aalborg  conference,  presiding  part 
of  the  time  over  the  Hjorring  branch;  filled  a  third  mission  to  Den- 
mark in  1895-97,  laboring  in  the  Copenhagen  conference.  At  home  he 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  local  affairs  and  raised  a  large  family. 


SIMON  CHRISTENSEN, 

Born  Aug.  13,  1846,  in  Norre  Bindslev,   Hjorring  Amt.  Denmark;  bap- 
tized June  28,  1867;  ordained  an  Elder  Sept.  1,  1867,  and  called  into  the 
field  as  a  missionary;  labored  in  that  capacity  in  the  Aalborg  confer- 
ence,   Denmark,    four   years;    emigrated    to    Utah    in   1S71;    resided    in 
Salt   Lake   City    till   1874,    when    he   removed    to    Richfield,    his    present 
home;  joined  the  United  Order  and  remainei  with  ttie  same  until 
was  dissolved;  labored  seven  months  as  a  missionary  stone-cutter  on 
the  Salt  Lake  Temple;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  Aug.  6,  1876;  ordained 
a  High  Priest  and  set  apart  as  a  counselor  to  Bishop  Wm.  H.  Seeg- 
miller  April  27,   1877,   by  Orson  Pratt;   acted   as  bishop's   counselor  2 
years;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1880-82.  presiding  over  the  Aal- 
borg conference;  acted  as  assistant  Sunday  School  supt.  from  1882-8S 
has  served  as  a  member  of  the  Richfield  city  council,  justice  of  the 
peace,  etc.;  is  now  Stake  clerk  and  a  member  of  the  High  Council. 


CHR.   CHRISTIANSEN. 

Born  Oct.  7.  1824,  in  Dolby  parish  near  Skive  Sailing,  Viborg  Amt. 
Denmark;  joined  the  Baptists  in  1849,  but  as  soon  as  the  true  Gospel 
reached  him,  he  embraced  it,  and  was  baptized  Aug.  17,  1850,  by 
Geo.  P.  Dykes,  in  Copenhagen;  ordaineJ  a  Teacher  Sept.  22.  1850,  and 
a  Priest,  Oct.  13,  1850;  married  Hedwig-  Bruun;  appointed  presiddent 
of  the  Copenhagen  branch;  ordained  the  first  local  Elder  in  Scandi- 
navia Jan.  1,  1851,  by  Erastus  Snow;  after  laboring  as 
a  missionary  one  and  one-half  years,  he  emigrated  to  Utah  in 
1852-53;  ordaineS  a  Seventy  in  1854;  filled  a  mission  to  the  United  States 
in  1854-57,  laboring  principally  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  returned  to  Utah 
in  cnarge  of  a  handcart  company;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia 
in  1865-67;  called  to  settle  at  Levan.  Juab  Co.,  and  presided  there; 
filled  another  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1884-85,  presiding  over  the 
Aarhus  conference. 


JOHN  ERICK  CHRISTIANSEN. 

Born  In  Copenhagen,  Denmark.  Sept.  29th.  1851.  is  believed  to  be  the 
first  boy  born  of  Latter-day  Saint  parents  in  Scaniinavla;  his  par- 
ents, Chr.  and  Hedevig  Christiansen,  was  the  first  couple  married  t 
an  Apostle,  Erastus  Snow  performing  the  nuptial  ceremony.  He 
left  Denmark  with  his  parents  Dec.  20tn,  1852,  and  arrived  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  Sept.  30th,  1853.  He  was  baptized  at  the  proper  age,  and 
married  Miss  Dorcas  G.  Petersen  in  1869;  took  an  active  part  in  Sun- 
day School  work  and  was  also  an  efficient  District  School  teacher  in 
Ephraim  Sanpete  Co..  Utah,  where  he  and  his  parents  had  made  their 
home  since  1860.  In  1876-78  he  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark,  laboring 
with  much  success  in  the  Aalborg  Conference.  He  died  December  21st. 
1884,  in  Ephraim,  leaving  a  wife  anJ  four  children. 


EZRA    CHRISTIANSEN, 

Son  of  Chr.  and  Anna  Marie  Christiansen,  was  born  March  24,  1869. 
in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah.  Soon  after  his  birth  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Nephi  and  later  to  Levan,  Juab  Co.,  where  he  spent  his 
childhood;  removed  with  his  mother  to  Redmond,  Sevrer  Co.,  In  1879, 
and  in  1880  accompanied  his  father  and  older  brothers  to  Arizona; 
returning  to  Utah,  they  located  at  Manti,  where  Ezra  still  resides. 
In  1889-90  he  studied  at  the  Sanpete  Stake  Academy  in  Ephraim,  aftei 
which  he  took  a  two  years'  course  in  the  University  of  I  tab  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  and  graduated  from  the  normal  department  in  1892.  Since 
that  time  he  has  followed  the  avocation  of  a  school  teacher.  In  1896-98, 
he  filled  a  mission  to  the  I'nited  States,  laboring  principally  in  St. 
Louis.  Mo.,  and  in  Illinois.  At  present  he  is  an  aid  in  the  Y.  M.  M. 
I.  A.  board  of  Sanpete  Stake. 


CHRISTIAN  JOHN  CHRISTIANSEN, 

Bom  April  17,  1855,  near  Aarhus,  Denmark,  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1860, 
together  with  his  parents  who  had  embraced  Morinonism  in  1857; 
settled  at  Fountain  Green,  Salt  Lake  Co.;  was  baptized  in  1865  and 
raised  in  Fountain  Green,  where  he  still  resides;  filled  a  mission  to 
Denmark  in  1882-84,  laboring  in  the  Aarhus  conference,  mostly  in  the 
Vejle  and  Esbjerg  branches;  the  latter  branch  was  organized  by  him; 
after  his  return  he  was  ordained  a  Seventy,  laboretr  one  year  in 
the  Manti  Temple  as  one  of  the  regular  workers;  orcained  a  High 
Priest  and  Bishop  in  ISM,  since  which  time  he  has  presided  over  the 
Fountain  Green  ward. 


FREDERICK  JULIUS  CHK^oTIANSEN, 

Born  Dec.  25,  1825,  in  Hjorring.  Hjorring  Amt,  Denmark,  baptized 
June  5,  1853;  labored  considerably  as  a  local  missionary  in  the  Vend- 
syssel  conference  in  1853-55;  emigrated  from  Denmark  in  November, 
1855,  and  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City  in  Canute  Peterson's  company,  Sept. 
20,  1856;  located  in  Brigham  City,  Box  Elder  Co.;  located  in  Ephralm, 
Sanpete  Co..  at  the  time  of  "the  move"  in  1858;  removed  to  Mayfleld 
in  1883,  where  he  still  resiles;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1883-84, 
laboring  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  the  Aalborg  conference.  At  home 
he  has  filled  many  positions  of  trust  and  responsibility. 


HANS    JACOB    CHRIST1ANSON, 

Born  Jan.  9.  1848,  at  St.  Jorgensbjerg.  near  Roeskllde,  Denmark;  bap- 
tized Dec.  26,  1871,  by  M.  A.  Willumsen;  confirmed  by  Anthon  H. 
Lund;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1872;  ordained  an  Elder  Oct.  28,  1872:  lo- 
cated in  Logan.  Cache  Co..  in  1873,  where  he  still  resides;  fllled  a  mis- 
sion to  Scandinavia  in  1880-82,  presiding  over  the  Copenhagen  Confer- 
enece,  Denmark;  ordained  a  Seventy  4an.  12,  1884;  labored  in  the  Lo- 
gan Temple  as  an  ordinance  worker  nine  months  in  1884-85;  filled  a  sec- 
ond mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1885-88;  presided  over  the  Christianla 
<-i  nferenre  thirty-eight  months:  tilled  a  third  mission  to  Scandinavia 
in  18S3-9.r>.  again  presiding  over  the  Christiania  conference;  his  labors 
as  a  missionary  have  been  eminently  successful;  he  now  presides 
over  the  Scandinavian  meetings  in  Logan,  Cache  Co. 


JOSEPH  CHRISTIANSEN, 

Son  of  Niels  C.  and  Catherine  Christiansen,  was  born  Aug.  17,  1854,  in 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  baptized  when  eight  years  old  at  Ephraim, 
Sanpete  Co.;  ordained  an  Elder  in  January,  1876;  married  Hannah 
M.  Peterson  Jan.  31,  1876;  removed  to  Mayfield  in  1876,  being  one  of  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  that  place,  ani  during  the  following  years  he 
utilized  his  best  energies  and  ability  in  the  interest  of  the  new  settle- 
ment; he  was  manager  of  the  May  field  Co-op  from  1881  to  1890;  sup- 
erintendent of  the  Mayfield  Sabbath  School  from  1878  to  1891;  ordained  a 
Seventy  in  1884,  and  a  High  Priest  in  1888;  acted  as  second  counselor  to 
Bishop  O.  C.  Olsen.  In  1891-93;  filled  mission  to  Scandinavia,  presiding 
fifteen  months  over  the  Aarhus  conference,  Denmark,  and  nearly  a 
year  over  the  Scandinavian  mission;  he  died  at  Mayfield,  March  6,  1895. 


PARLEY  CHRISTIANSEN, 

Son  of  Niels  C.  and  Dorthea  C.  Christiansen,  was  born  Dec.  7,  1857,  in 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  removed  with  his  parents  to  Epnraim,  Sanpete 
Co.,  In  1858,  where  he  was  baptized  Oct.  27,  1867;  Went  to  Arizona  as 
a  missionary  settler  in  1876;  after  his  return  he  was  ordained  an 
Elder  April  21,  1881,  and  married  Dorthea  C.  Jensen;  served  the  people 
of  Ephraim  as  policeman,  constable  and  city  marshal  for  several 
year's;  ordained  a  Seventy  by  John  F.  F.  Dorius  Jan.  2.  1885;  filled  a 
mission  to  the  Northwestern  States  in  1887-88;  removed  to  Mayfield 
with  his  family  in  1890,  having  been  ordained  a  Bishop  May  18,  1890, 
by  Heber  J.  Grant  and  called  to  preside  at  that  place;  served  as  a 
member  of  the  State  Constitutional  convention  in  1895;  served  in  the 
Utah  legislature  in  1899.  and  filled  many  other  positions  of  honor  and 
responsibility. 


SoREN  CHRISTOFFERSEN. 

Born  March  5,  1819,  In  Bodstrup.  Sorbymagle  parish,  Soro  Amt,  Den- 
mark; embraced  the  Gospel  and  was  baptized  Dec.  8,  1851,  by  John 
E.  Forsgren;  presided  over  the  Sonder-Over3rev  brancn,  Copenhagen 
conference  two  and-one  half  years;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1856,  and 
located  in  Brigham  City;  removed  to  Ephraim.  Sanpete  Co.,  in  1858; 
filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1860-62,  laboring  in  the  Aarhus  and 
the  Skive  conferences;  participated  in  the  Black  Hawk  war;  filled  an- 
other mission  to  Denmark  in  1874-76,  laboring  as  traveling  Elder  In  the 
Copenhagen  conference;  appointed  counselor  to  Bishop  Hans  Jensen, 
of  Manti,  in  1876;  filled  a  third  mission  to  Denmark  in  1885;  died  Dec. 
29,  1894,  after  an  active  life  in  the  Church  and  in  the  community. 


MARTIN  CHRISTOPHERSEN. 

Was  born  In  Lommedalen,  Borum.  Norway,  April  13,  1850;  joined  the 
Church  in  May,  1865;  called  into  the  local  missionary  field  in  May 
1870,  and  sent  to  take  charge  of  FreJerikstad  branch,  where  he  labored 
for  fifteen  months  with  good  success.  While  there  he  was  arrested 
and  imprisoned  for  baptizing.  He  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1871.  Arriving 
In  Salt  Lake  City  he  was  employed  by  D.  F.  Walker  Esq. ;  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  Scandinavia  in  1883-85;  took  charge  of  the  Drammens  branch 
seven  months,  after  which  he  had  chargeof theChristianiaconference. 
At  home  he  has  acted  as  counselor  to  A.  W.  Winberg  and  J.  M. 
Sjb'dahl  in  the  presidency  of  the  Scandinavian  meetings  in  Salt  Lake 
City.  In  the  fall  of  1893  he  was  elected  county  commissioner  for  Salt 
Lake  county.  When  the  Granite  Stake  was  organized  he  was  ordained 
a  High  Priest  and  chosen  as  a  High  Councilor. 


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JAMES  H.  CLINGER, 

Born  Feb.  10,  1849,  in  Pottowattamie  County,  Iowa,  of  American  par- 
ents, came  to  Utah  as  one  of  his  father's  family  in  1852,  and  located 
in  Ogden,  Weber  Co.;  was  baptized  when  eight  years  old  by  James 
S.  Brown;  removed  to  Provo,  Utah  Co.,  in  1858;  ordained  an  Elder 
Sept.  10,  1864,  by  Bishop  J.  P.  R.  Johansen;  married  Pauline  M.  Wil- 
liamson Feb.  10,  1868:  filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  1884-86;  learned 
the  language  in  a  remarkably  short  time;  presided  over  the  Dram- 
men  branch.  At  home  he  has  been  a  diligent  worker  in  the  interest 
of  the  Church,  and  since  March,  1892.  he  has  acted  as  first  counselor  to 
Bishop  John  Johnson,  of  the  Lake  View  Ward,  near  Provo. 


WILLIAM  WALLACE   CLl'FF. 


Born  in  Willcughty.  Geuaga  Co.,  Ohio,  March  8,  1832,  baptized  in 
1842.  his  parents  having  joined  the  Church  ten  years  before;  as  a 
youth  he  became  acquainted  with  the  Prophet  Joseph;  emigrated  with 
his  parents  to  Utah  in  1850,  and  settlea  in  Provo,  Utah  Co  •  filled 
a  mission  to  Hawaii  in  1834-58;  and  learned  the  Hawaiian  language; 
filled  a  second  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1870-71,  where  he  presided 
in  speaking  the  Danish  language;  married  Miss  Ann  Whipple  in  1864- 
filled  a  second  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1876-71,  where  he  presided 
over  the  mission;  his  labors  among  the  Scandinavian  people  on 
these  two  missions  greatly  endeared  them  to  him.  and  thus  he 
counts  these  missionary  years  among  the  happiest  of  his  life-  he 
has  pressed  over  the  Summit  Stake  of  Zion  since  1877;  tilled  two  other 
short  missions  to  Hawaii  one  in  1864  an3  another  in  1887  He  has 
served  six  terms  in  the  Territorial  legislature 


PAUL  DEHLIN, 

Born  May  4,  1830,  in  Skane,  Sweden,  baptized  by  Nils  B.  Adler  Aug. 
10,  1857;  e'migrated  to  Utah  in  1859,  and  located  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  San- 
pete  Co.,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  which  occurred  June  5,  1875. 
In  1871-73  he  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  and  presided  over  the 
Skane  conference,  Sweden.  He  was  a  Seventy  and  an  exemplary 
Saint,  highly  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 


HANS  DINESEN, 

Born  July  20,  1824,  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  took  pan  in  the  war  be- 
tween Germany  and  Denmark  in  1848-49,  wit.iout  injury  to  himself;  was 
baptized  Nov.  24,  1851;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1852;  ordained  a  Priest. 
w..-le  traveling,  and  given  charge  of  ten  wagons  in  crossing  the  plains; 
arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City  in  September.  1853,  and  located  in  what  is 
now  Spring  City,  Sanpete  Co.;  the  Indians  causing  the  settlers  to 
move  away.  Bro.  Dinesen  locates  in  Manti,  where  he  has  lived  ever 
since.  He  has  been  ordained  successively  to  the  office  of  Elder, 
Seventy  and  High  Priest,  and  acted  in  the  capacity  of  Teacher  in 
the  North  Ward  for  many  years.  He  has  aided  in  the  erection  of  the 
Temples  in  St.  George,  Manti  and  Salt  Lake  City. 


GEORGE  PARKER  DYKES, 

An  American  by  birth,  embraced  the  Gospel  in  the  days  of  the 
Prophet  Joseph  Smith,  and  was  ordained  a  Seventy  May  12,  1839,  under 
the  hands  of  Joseph  Young  and  osiers:  performed  missionary  work 
in  several  States,  and  while  laboring  in  Illinois,  in  1842,  lie  baptized 
the  flrst  Norwegian  that  ever  joined  the  Church,  in  La  Salle  County, 
Illinois.  As  an  officer  in  the  Mormon  Battalion  he  marched  from 
Fort  Leavenworth  to  California  in  1846-47;  called  on  a  mission  to  Great 
Britain,  from  whence  he  accompanied  Erastus  Snow  to  Scandinavia 
in  June  1850;  he  labored  principally  in  the  cities  of  Copenhagen  and 
Aalborg,  Denmark,  and  then  went  ot  Germany.  He  died  at  Zenos, 
Maricopa  Co.,  Arizona,  Feb.  25,  1888,  about  83  years  old. 


NIKOLAI  DORIUS, 

Born  Sept.  21,  1804,  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  became  an  orphan 
while  yet  a  small  child  and  was  raised  by  strangers;  when  only  eleven 
years  old  he  was  appointed  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  shoemaker;  he 
served  for  that  purpose  six  years;  when  twenty-eight  years  old  he 
married  Anna  Sophie  Christoffersen,  with  whom  he  had  nine  children; 
among  them  Carl  C.  N.  Dorius,  John  F.  1< .  Dorius  and  Augusta  D. 
Stevens;  he  joineJ  the  Baptists  in  Copenhagen,  but  was  among  the 
first  in  that  city  to  embrace  the  true  Gospel,  being  baptized  by  Chr. 
Christiansen  Nov.  15,  1850;  labored  as  a  missionary  on  the  island  of 
SjEelland;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1854-55;  lost  two  of  his  daughters  on  the 
way  by  cholera;  settled  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  died  July 
10,  1872;  his  wife  died  June  27,  1895. 


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CARL  CHRISTIAN   NIKOLAI   DORIUS, 

Son  of  Nikolai  Dorius.  was  born  April  5,  1830,  in  Copenhagen,  Den- 
mark; baptized  by  his  brother,  John  F.  F.  Dorius,  Jan.  2,  !Sb2;  labored 
as  a  missionary  in  Norway  about  four  and  one-half  years,  suffering: 
much  persecution  and  months  of  imprisonment  for  the  Gospel's  sake; 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1857  and  located  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.;  filleJ 
a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1860-62,  laboring  as  a  traveling  Elder  in 
the  Christiania  conference,  Norway;  was  chosen  and  ordained  Bishop 
of  Ephraim  South  Ward  when  the  Sanpete  Stake  of  Zion  was  organ- 
ized in  1877;  filled  that  position  ably  and  faithfully  till  his  death  which 
occurred  in  Ephraim,  March  4,  1894. 


JOHN  FREDERIK  FERDINAND  DORK'S. 

Son  of  Nikolai  Dorius,  was  born  June  15.  1832.  in  Copenhagen,  Den- 
rrark;  baptized  by  Chr.  Christiansen,  Dec.  14,  1850;  labored  as  a  mis- 
sionary in  Denmark  and  Norway  about  six  years,  during  which  time 
he  suffered  imprisonment  and  much  persecution  for  the  Gospel's  sake; 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1857  and  located  at  Ephraim  where  he  still  re- 
sides; filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1860-63,  laboring  as  a  traveling 
Elder  in  Norway;  performed  a  second  mission  to  Scandinavia  In  1876-78, 
laboring  this  time  as  traveling  Elder  in  the  whole  mission  and  later  as 
president  of  the  Christiania  conference;  filled  a  mission  to  the  North- 
ern States  in  1896-97,  laboring  mostly  in  the  city  of  Chicago;  performed 

a  second  mission  to  the  Northern  States  in  1898-99,  this  time  laboring 

principally  in  Illinois,  Michigan  and  Nebraska. 


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CHARLES  R.   DORIUS, 

Son  of  Bishop  Carl  E.  N.  Dorius.  was  born  July  10,  1858,  in  Ephraim, 
Sanpete  Co.,  Utah;  baptized  when  eight  years  old;  married  Miss 
Margarethe  Nielsen,  Dec.  11,  1S79;  is  a  graduate  from  the  B.  Y.  Acad- 
emy and  has  filled  several  positions,  ecclesiastical  ana  secular,  in 
Ephraim;  thus  he  has  served  as  city  councilor,  city  treasurer  and 
school  trustee;  filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  1886-88;  at  a  Stake  con- 
ference held  in  Manti,  Sanpete  Co.,  in  May,  1894,  he  was  orclained  a 
Bishop  and  set  apart  to  preside  as  such  over  the  Ephraim  South 
Ward,  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  his  father. 


NIELS  CHRISTIAN  RDLEFSEN, 

Born  Jan.  3,  1827,  near  Oiense,  Fyen,  Denmark;  baptized  Feb.  3,  1858. 
by  Peter  Petersen;  labored  as  a  missionary  in  DenmarK  about  four 
years,  first  as  president  and  traveling  Elder  in  Kyen,  later  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Aalborg  and  still  later  as  president  of  the  Copenhagen  con- 
ference; emigrated  to  Utah  in  1864;  located  in  Bear  Lake  Valley,  where 
he  acted  as  Bishop  of  the  Ovid  Ward  and  also  as  a  member  of  the 
High  Council;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1870-71.  laboring  as 
traveling  Elder  in  the  whole  mission  and  later  as  president  of  the 
Odense  conference;  located  in  Logan  in  1877;  took  an  active  part  in 
the  building  of  the  Logan  Temple;  acted  for  many  years  as  vice  presi- 
dent of  the  Temple;  was  a  member  of  the  High  Council  of  the  Cache 
Stake,  and  presided  over  the  Scandinavian  meetings  in  Logan;  he  died 
Feb.  5,  1898,  at  Logan. 


FREDERICK  JULIUS  CHRISTIAN  DANIELSEN, 

Son  of  Anders  Danielsen  and  Kirstine  Frederiksen,  was  born  Dec.  16, 
1858,  near  Aarhus.  Denmark;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1867,  crossing  the 
plains  in  an  independent  ox  train;  located  together  with  his  father 
in  Hyrum,  Cache  Co.,  where  he  was  baptized  in  1868;  removed  with  his 
father  to  Fairview.  Siinpete  Co.,  in  1869,  where  he  has  since  resided; 
married  Adelaide  Taylor  in  December,  1884;  filled  a  mission  to  Den- 
mark in  l,S!i.")-97,  laboring  principally  in  the  Randers  and  Esbjerg 
branches  of  the  Aarhus  conference. 


CHRISTINA  ERIKA  FORSGREN  DAVIS, 

Born  in  Gefte,  Sweden.  April  26,  1820;  baptized  by  her  brother,  John  E. 
Forsgren,  Aug.  4,  1850,  being  the  first  woman  who  embraced  the  Gospel 
in  Sweden;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1852-53,  in  the  first  large  company  from 
Scandinavia,  the  company  being  led  by  her  brother,  John  K.  .  orsgren; 
located  in  Brigham  City,  Box  Elder  Co..  in  1853,  and  was  married  to 
William  Davis,  the  first  Bishop  of  Brigham  City  in  1854.  She  lives  at 
present  at  Avon,  Cache  Co.,  Utah. 


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LAURENTIUS  DAHLQUIST, 

Bern  March  7.  1X53,  in  Ed  parish,  Vermlana,  Sweden;  removed  with 
his  parents  to  Norrkciping.  and  lived  tnere  till  he  was  fifteen  years 
old,  when  he  went  to  Gothenburg  and  learned  the  trade  of  wood- 
carving;  here  he  first  met  the  Latter-day  Saints,  became  a  convert 
an!  was  baptized  June  27,  1871,  by  Samuel  Bachman;  a.  year  later  he 
was  ordained  an  Elder  by  N.  P.  Lindelof  and  called  into  the  mis- 
sionary field;  presided  over  the  Skara  branch  and  over  the  several 
districts  in  the  Gothenburg  conference  successively;  emigrated  to 
Utah  in  1875;  married  Amanda  Josephine  ostergren  April  30.  1890; 
filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1890-92;  presided  over  the  Gotnenburg 
branch  and  later  over  the  Gothenburg  conference;  his  present  resi- 
dence is  the  Seventeenth  Ward,  Salt  Lake  City. 


AGNES  JOSEJrHINE   DAHLQUIST. 

Daughter  of  Laurentius  Dahlquist  and  Amanda  Josephine  ostergren, 
was  born  May  22.  1876.  in  the  Seventeenth  Ward,  Salt  Lake  City.  Utah 
and  baptized  when  eight  years  old.  When  a  mere  child  she  exhibited 
a  special  talent  for  music,  and  studied  unuer  Prof.  Anton  Pedersen 
until  she  became  an  expert  performer  on  the  piano,  and  for  several 
years  she  has  been  a  very  successful  teacher  of  the  piano.  She  has 
been  an  active  member  of  the  Y.  L.  M.  I.  A.  ever  since  she  was  old 
enough  to  be  enrolled  among  the  young  ladies. 


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CARL  AT'Gt'ST  EK, 

Born  July  10,  1845,  in  Skokloster.  Upsala  San  Sweden;  baptized  April  23. 
1871;  ordained  an  Elder  Oct.  1,  1872,  and  sent  out  to  preach  the  Gospel 
as  a  local  missionary;  in  that  capacity  he  presided  over  the  0rebro 
branch  from  June  17,  1873,  to  April  24,  1S75.  and  then  over  the  Stockholm 
branch  till  1878,  when  he  emigrated  to  litah;  located  in  Logan.  Cache 
Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1882-84,  laboring  first  as  a  traveling 
Elder  in  and  later  as  president  of  the  Stockholm  conference;  returning 
home  he  had  charge  of  a  company  of  emigrating  Saints;  ordained  a 
Seventy  Nov.  18.  1884:  was  afterwards  chosen  as  a  president  of  that 
quorum;  removed  to  Salt  Lake  City  In  1894.  where  he  still  resides;  at 
present  he  is  a  member  of  the  council  of  the  110th  quorum  of  Seventy. 


LARS   ERICKSKN. 

Born  Nov.  18,  1825.  in  Denmark;  learned  the  trade  of  a  miller;  was 
baptized  May  14.  1853,  by  P.  B.  Peterson;  married  Bertha  Marie  Peter- 
sen  in  1854;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  by  John  F.  F.  Dorius;  spent  a 
number  of  years  in  the  ministry  and  presided  three  years  over  the 
Copenhagen  conference;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1860;  located  in  Mt. 
Pleasant.  Sanpete  Co.,  in  Io61,  where  he  followed  farming  to  earn  a 
livelihood.  After  being  an  invalid  for  many  years,  he  died  as  a  faithful 
Latter-uay  Saint  Jan.  26,  1896.  He  was  ...e  father  of  twelve  children, 
most  of  whom  are  active  and  all  members  of  the  Church.  His  eldest 
son  by  his  second  wife.  Stine  Hansen.  is  t  erdinand  Ericksen,  of  Mt. 
Pleasant:  who  has  served  that  municipality  as  mayor,  and  the  county 
of  Sanpete  as  county  attorney  and  collector. 


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ELOF  G.    ERICKSON, 


Born  Sept  24  1858,  in  Bohus  I,an,  Sweden;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1862; 
baptized  March  '2S  1867.  by  John  W.  Clark;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden 
n  1888-90-  labored  in  the  Gothenburg-  conference;  first  in  the  Kalmar 
branch  next  as  traveling  Elder  in  the  Norrkoping,  Wingaker  and 
Kalmar  branches,  and  last  as  president  of  the  Gothenburg  branch  jar- 
rived  home  from  that  mission  April  24,  1890.  Bro.  EricKson  is  a  resi- 
dent of  Grantsville,  Tooele  Co.,  Utah. 


HANS  ERIKSEN, 

Born  April  11,  1844,  in  M0rkholt,  Gaarslev  parish,  Vejle  Amt,  Den- 
mar....  His  parents  embraced  the  Gospel  in  I860.  Hans  was  the  last 
of  the  family  to  join  the  Church;  in  1864  he  went  to  Norway  wher 
he  remained  five  years,  visiting  Hammerfest:  next  ho  spent  six  years 
in  Sweden,  where  he  was  baptized  June  28.  1875,  at  Upsa^a;  ordained  an 
Elder  Oct.  2,  1875,  and  called  into  the  ministry;  labored  in  the  Norrland 
and  Jemtland  branches;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1877;  labored  as  a  mason 
on  the  Logan  Temple  six  years;  ordained  a  Seventy  Nov.  5,  1889  by 
Abraham  H.  Cannon;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1889-91;  labored 
in  the  Stockholm  conference,  mostly  in  Norrla.nd  where  45  people 
joined  the  Church  as  the  result  of  his  labors;  he  resides  in  Weston, 
Oneida  Co.,  Idaho. 


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SIMON    PETER  EGGERTSEN, 

'  Born  on  the  island  of  Fyen,  Denmark,  Feb.  7,  1826;  lost  his  mother  by 
death  when  three  years  old  and  his  father  two  years  later;  conse- 
quently he  was  raised  by  strangers,  and  his  school  education  neg- 
lected. In  1818,  being  twenty-two  years  old,  he  joined  the  army  and 
participated  in  the  war  betwen  Denmark  and  Germany  in  1848-50:  took 
part  in  six  great  battles  an4  advanced  to  become  an  officer  In  the 
army;  worked  in  mercantile  houses  in  Copenhagen;  became  a  con- 
vert to  "Mormonism"  in  1853;  one  year  later  he  commenced  to  preach 
the  Gospel  and  spent  three  years  in  the  missionary  field,  besides 
spending  considerable  money  in  the  interest  of  the  Church;  emigrated 
to  Utah  in  1857,  and  crossed  the  plains  with  handcarts;  married  Jo- 
hanna Thomsen  Feb.  7,  1858,  and  located  in  Provo,  Utah  Co.,  where 
he  still  resides;  partlcicated  in  the  Echo  Canyon  war  In  1858. 


SIMON  P.  EGGERTSEN.  JR., 

Eldest  son  of  Simon  P.  and  Johanna  T.  Eggertsen.  was  born  Sept. 
15,  1860,  in  Provo,  Utah  Co.,  Utah;  raised  as  a  farmer,  and  was  a  very 
diligent  student  at  school,  ordained  successively  a  Deacon,  Teacher, 
Priest  and  Seventy;  acted  as  Sunday  School  teacher,  secretary  of  dif- 
ferent organizations,  president  of  the  Y.  M.  M.  I.  A. ;  superintendent  of 
Sunday  Schools,  etc. ;  graduated  from  the  B.  Y.  Academy  in  Provo  In 
1880;  after  which  he  labored  sixteen  years  as  a  principal  ana  teacher 
in  the  public  schools,  to  wit:  four  years  In  Lehi,  four  years  in  Spring 
ville  and  eight  years  in  Provo;  married  Etta  Nielsen:  filled  a  mission 
to  the  Northwestern  States  in  1885-87;  labored  first  as  a  traveling  El- 
der and  later  as  president  01  a  conference;  acted  as  first  counselor  to 
Bishop  Wride  in  the  Provo  Second  Ward;  and  since  1898  he  has  acted 
as  the  Bishop  of  said  "Ward. 


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LARS  ECHART  EGGERTSEN, 

Son  of  Simon  Peter  Eggertsen,  and  Johanna  Thomsen;  was  born 
March  3,  1866,  in  Provo,  Utah  Co.,  Utah;  baptized  May  19,  1875;  by 
Myron  J.  Tanner;  ordained  an  Elder;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in 
1887-89;  labored  in  the  Aarhus  conference,  presiding  a  part  of  the  time 
over  the  Horsens  branch;  married  Annie  Nielsen,  of  Pleasant  Grove  in 
1891.  At  home  he  has  been  closely  identified  with  the  Church  associa- 
tion, having  acted  as  ward  clerk,  secretary  and  president  of  Y.  M. 
M.  I.  A.;  filled  nearly  every  position  in  the  Sunday  School  from  Deacon 
to  superintendent  and  is  the  present  Stake  superintendent  of  the 
Utah  Stake  Sunday  Schools:  served  as  instructor  in  the  B.  Y.  Academy 
seven  years,  principal  of  the  Springville  sehoo»s;  went  as  a  delegate 
to  the  National  Teachers'  Association  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  in  1899. 


LUDVIG  EHRNSTROM, 

Born  Sept.  20,  1854,  in  Brunskog-  parish,  Vermland,  Sweden;  removed 
with  his  parents  when  about  ten  years  old  to  Norway;  was  baptized 
Feb.  1,  1875;  appointed  to  labor  as  a  Teacher  in  the  Christiania  branch; 
called  to  Sweden  in  1897,  to  labor  in  the  Gothenburg  conference;  presid- 
ed over  the  Gothenburg  branch  and  labored  in  Dalsland  and  Troll- 
hattan  branches;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1878;  located  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
but  subsequently  removed  to  Ogden;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  April  23. 
1884;  was  set  apart  as  one  of  the  presidents  of  the  seventy-seventh 
quorum  of  Seventy;  chosen  a  counselor  in  the  presidency  of  the  Scan- 
dinavian meetings  in  Ogden;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1888-90;  pre- 
sided over  the  Orebro  branch,  and  afterward  over  the  Stockholm  con- 
ference. He  now  lives  in  Murray,  Salt  Lake  Co, 


KARL  A.  ERTKSON, 

Born  June  11.  1873,  at  Bodahult,  Trokorna  parish,  Skaraborg  Lan, 
Sweden;  baptized  Aug.  1,  1892,  by  A.  G.  Johnson  and  confirmed  by  C.  G. 
Anderson;  ordaineJ  to  me  Priesthood  and  called  to  labor  in  the  min- 
istry, under  the  direction  of  A.  J.  Wahlquist,  president  of  the  Gothen- 
burg conference;  being  assigned  to  the  Skofde  branch,  he  labored  there 
as  a  missionary  from  Jan.  8,  1894,  to  April  28,  1895,  when  he  was  non- 
orably  released  with  permission  to  emigrate  to  Zion.  He  left  Gothen- 
burg April  29th  and  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  May  22,  1895. 


FRITZ  S.   ERTMAN, 

Born  in  Aalborg  Denmark,  Aug.  19,  1863;  baptized  when  about  fifteen 
years  of  age;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  and  called  to  labor  as  a  local 
missionary  in  the  Aalborg  conference;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1886,  and 
located  in  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  still  resides;  and  where  he  has  al- 
ways taken  an  active  part  in  the  social,  political  and  dramatic  move- 
ments among  the  Scandinavians. 


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JOHN  FELT, 

Born  June  22.  1819,  in  the  city  of  Hjo,  ^Karaborg,  Lan,  Sweden; 
baptized  June  1,  1854,  by  Eric  Erlcson;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1857,  and 
located  in  Salt  Lake  City;  went  south  during  ihe  move"  in  1858,  and 
subsequently  located  at  Grantsville,  Tooele  Co.,  where  he  resided  till 
I!s70,  when  he  removed  to  Huntsville,  Weber  Co.,  his  present  home. 
In  1885-86  he  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden,  laboring  in  the  Stockholm  con- 
ference. 


JOSEPH  HENRY  FEL/T, 

Son  of  Nathaniel  Henry  Felt  and  Eliza  Ann  Preston;  born  in  Salem, 
Mass.,  U.  S.  A.,  May  9,  1840;  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City,  together  with 
his  parents,  in  the  fall  of  1850;  called  to  fill  a  mission  to  Great  Britain 
in  the  spring  of  1863.  went  to  Scandinavia  in  the  fall  of  1865;  was 
assigned  to  labor  in  Denmark;  traveling  through  Sjselland,  the  islands 
and  Jylland,  visiting  all  the  conferences  ana  most  or  the  branches. 
He  had  the  privilege  of  visiting  Norway  togetner  with  Samuel  L. 
Sprague,  and  meeting  Geo.  M.  Brown  in  Christiania;  in  visiting  Sweden 
ne  met  John  Sharp,  Jun.,  and  Geo.  W.  Gee.  In  the  spring  of  1866  he 
was  released  to  return  home,  visiting  his  father  who  labored  In  Lon- 
don; assisted  in  receiving  and  forwarding  the  emigrants  at  Wyoming, 
Neb.,  arriving  home  in  the  fall  of  1866. 


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FRANS  S.  FERNSTROM, 

Borm  in  Friindefors  parish,  Dalsland,  Sweden,  March  26,  3852;  left 
Sweden  for  Norway  in  1872,  where  he  became  acquainted  with  the 
"Mormon"  Elders;  was  baptized  Nov.  12,  1875;  emigrated  to  Utah  the 
following  year.  In  1889  he  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  Scandina- 
vian Building  Society,  which  purchased  Superior  Addition,  and  in  1891 
when  that  part  of  the  city  was  organized  as  the  Twenty-third  Ward 
he  was  called  to  act  as  first  counselor  to  the  Bishop;  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  City  Council  in  1897,  and  re-elected  in  1899,  and  is  now 
serving  his  second  term. 


JACOB  FlKSTAD, 

Born  Sept.  16,  1860,  in  Holmestrand,  Norway;  baptize!  Aug.  26th.  1871,  at 
Frederlkstad;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1881  and  located  temporarily  in 
Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  but  moved  to  Manti  the  following  year,  where 
he  still  lives.  In  1895  he  was  called  on  a  mission  to  Scandinavia;  was 
ordained  a  Seventy  and  set  apart  for  that  mission  Nov.  6,  1895,  by 
George  Reynolds,  in  Salt  Lake  City;  arrived  in  Copenhagen  Dec.  2nd, 
following;  he  was  appointed  to  labor  in  Norway,  and  operated  mostly 
in  the  country  districts  around  Christiania,  and  later  in  Freierikstad, 
where  he  had  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  youthful  years  before  emi- 
grating to  Utah;  he  was  honorably  released  and  returned  home,  ar- 
riving In  Manti,  Dec.  10,  1897.  He  Is  a  memoer  of  the  48th  quorum  of 
Seventy,  a  Ward  Teacher  and  one  of  the  presidency  of  the  Scandina- 
vian meetings  in  Manti. 


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ANDREW  C.  FJELDSTED, 

Born  Oct.  14,  1855,  in  Hjorring  Aral,  Denmark;  emigrated  with  his  par- 
ents to  Utah  in  1862,  crossing  the  plains  in  Chr. -A.  Macsen's  company 
and  finally  located  in  Gunnison,  Sanpete  Co.,  in  1863;  took  an  active 
part  in  the  Indian  war  in  1865-68,  and  was  present  when  the  treaty  of 
peace  was  concluded  with  Chief  Black  Hawk;  tilled  a  mission  to  Den- 
mark in  1895-97;  laboring  In  the  Aalborg  conference,  first  as  president 
of  the  Hjb'rring  branch  and  later  as  president  of  the  Aalborg  confer- 
ence. At  home  he  was  for  many  years  an  ardent  Sunday  School 
worker,  and  when  the  Centerfield  Ward,  Sanpete  Co.,  was  first  or- 
ganized, Aug.  29,  1897,  he  was  chosen  to  preside  over  the  same  as 
Bishop,  which  position  he  still  holds. 


CHRISTIAN  DANIEL  FJELDSTED, 

Born  Feb.  20,  1829,  in  Sundbyvester,  near  Copenhagen,  on  the  island  of 
Amager,  Denmark;  baptized  by  Christian  Samuel  Hansen,  Jan.  20,  1852; 
ordained  an  Elder,  July  25,  1853;  labored  as  a  missionary  in  Denmark 
about  four  years,  part  of  the  time  as  president  of  the  Aalborg  confer- 
ence, ana  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1858;  located  in  the  Sugar  House  Ward, 
Salt  Lake  Co.,  and  later  in  Logan.  Cache  Co.,  where  he  still  resides; 
was  ordained  a  Seventy  Feb.  5,  1859;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in 
1867-70;  presided  over  the  Aalborg  conference,  Denmark,  and  still  later 
in  Norway;  filled  another  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1881-84,  presiding 
over  the  mission;  was  set  apart  as  one  of  the  First  Seven  Presidents 
of  Seventies,  April  28,  1884;  filled  a  third  mission  to  Scandinavia  in 
1886-90.. 


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NILS  C.  FLYGARE, 

Born  Feb.  3,  1841,  at  Ruthsbo,  Bjerresjo  parish,  near  Ystad.  Malmbhus 
Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  Sept.  5,  1858;  ordained  an  Elder  in  1859,  and 
labored  three  years  in  the  Skane  conference;  labored  in  the  province 
of  Blekinge,  and  in  the  Neflinge  and  Wiggarum  branches.  From  1861-64 
he  presided  over  the  Stockholm  conference;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1364, 
and  located  in  Ogden  wnere  he  still  resides;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandi- 
navia in  1874-76,  presiding  over  the  Stockholm  conference,  and  me  last 
year  over  the  Scandinavian  mission;  filled  another  mission  to  Scan- 
dinavia in  1877-79,  again  presiding  over  the  mission;  filled  a  third  mis- 
sion to  Scandinavia  in  1S85-88,  again  presiding  over  the  mission.  At 
home  he  has  acted  as  Bishop  of  the  Ogden  Fifth  Ward  rrom  1877-83, 
and  second  counselor  in  the  Weber  Stake  presidency  since  1883;  has 
served  the  city  of  Ogden  as  building  inspector,  city  councilor,  fire  and 
police  commissioner,  and  filled  numerous  other  positions. 


CHRISTOPHER  OLSEN  FOLKMAN, 

Born  Feb.  8,  1827,  on  the  island  of  Bornholm,  Denmark;  baptized  by 
Jens  J0rgensen,  Nov.  29,  1852;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  July  11,  1852; 
labored  about  six  years  as  a  missionary  alternately  on  the  islands  of 
Bornholm,  Lolland,  Falster  and  M0en  anu  also  in  Jylland.  where  he 
presided  one  year  over  the  Fredericia  conference;  at  different  times, 
and  particularly  on  his  native  island  he  suffered  considerable  persecu- 
tion and  on  one  occasion  was  nearly  beaten  to  death  by  a  mob;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1858,  and  the  following  year  located  at  Plain  City, 
Weber  Co.,  being  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  that  place;  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  Scandinavia  in  1865-68;  labored  first  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  Nor- 
way and  later  as  president  of  the  Gothenburg  conference,  Sweden;  filled 
a  second  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1886-88,  laboring  In  Denmark  and 
Norway.  He  still  resides  in  Plain  City. 


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JOHN  ERIK  FORSGREN, 


South  America,  and  other  parts  of  the  globe,  he  became  acquainted 
with  the  Latter-day  Saints  in  Boston,  where  he  was  baptized  by  Elder 
wm  McGhen  July  16,  1S43.  The  following  year  he  emigrated  to  Nauvoo, 
Llinois  where  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  the  Prophet  Joseph  Smith. 
Afterwards  he  went  to  California  in  the  famous  Mormon  Battalion,  be- 
inir  the  only  member  of  Scandinavian  birth  belonging  to  that  body. 
H?  arrived  in  Great  Salt  Lake  Valley  in  October,  1847;  filled  his  famous 
rnfsBlon to  Scandinavia  in  1849-53;  after  his  return  he  lost  the  spirit  of 
.nd  was  finally  cut  oft  the  Church.  He  died  Jan.  22,  1890. 


PETER  ADOLPH  FORSGREN, 

Born  July  26,  1826.  in  Gefle,  Gefleborg  Liln,  Sweden;  baptized  by  his 
brother  j'ohn  E.  Forsgren.  July  19,  1850,  as  the  first  convert  to  "Mor- 
monism"  in  Sweden,  his  baptism  taking  place  nearly  a.  month  before 
Erastus  Snow  commenced  to  baptize  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1852-53,  crossing-  the  ocean  in  the  ship  Forest  Mon- 
arch; while  on  the  journey  he  married  Christina  Knudsen,  Sept.  30,  1853, 
at  Keokuk,  Iowa;  located  at  Brigham  City,  Box  Elder  Co.,  being  the 
first  Scandinavian  family  who  settled  north  of  Salt  Laxe  City.  . 


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OLOP  ALFRED  THEODOR  FORSSELL, 

Born  Sept.  24,  1844,  in  Sala,  a  mountain  city  in  Westmanland,  Sweden; 
baptized  in  Stockholm,  Oct.  10.  1865;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1866,  and  lo- 
cated in  Salt  Lake  City  where  he  still  resides;  filled  a  mission  to 
Scandinavia  in  1877-79.  laboring  in  the  Stockholm  conference,  Sweden; 
his  field  of  labor  included  Swedish  Finland  which  is  under  the  Rus- 
sian government;  from  that  country  he  was  banished  tor  preaching  the 
Gospel. 


CHRISTEN  FRANDSEN, 

Born  March  10,  1849,  in  Bindslev,  Hj0rring  Amt.  Denmark;  emgirated  to 
Utah  in  1872  and  joined  the  Church  by  baptism  in  Ephraim  in  July 
1873;  was  married  Nov.  14,  1878;  called  to  taKe  a  mission  to  Denmark  in 
1885,  which  he  performed  faithfully  until  released  after  two  years'  ser- 
vice. While  at  home,  he  has  been  an  ardent  worker  in  the  Sunday 
School  cause  for  about  fifteen  years  and  has  also  been  a  member  of  the 
City  Council  of  Ephraim  three  different  terms;  he  has  also  acted  as 
first  councilor  to  the  presidency  of  the  Y.  M.  M.  I.  A.  in  Ephraim.  and 
has  been  an  assistant  to  the  Bishopric,  as  teacher  in  the  South  Ward 
of  Ephraim  nearly  all  the  time  since  that  ward  was  first  organized. 


JOHN  FRANSZEN, 

Born  March  11,  1837,  in  Hedemarken,  Norway;  baptized  Aug.  10,  1856,  in 
Christiania;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1857.  crossing  the  plains  in  Chr. 
Christiansen's  handcart  company;  located  in  Lehi,  Utah  Co.,  and  later 
in  Spring  City.  Sanpete  Co..  his  present  home;  went  to  the  Missouri 
river  as  a  Church  teamster  after  the  poor;  on  his  return  he  married 
a  wife;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1873-'i5,  labored  mostly  at  the 
mission  office  in  Copenhagen,  but  also  visitel  Norway,  where  he  bap- 
tized several  relatives;  set  apart  as  first  counselor  to  Bishop  Allred  in 
Spring  City.  Sept.  3,  1883,  which  position  he  still  fills;  during  the  last 
twenty  years  he  has  also  been  active  as  tithing  clerk  of  the  Spring 
City  Ward. 


PETER  N.   GARFF, 

Born  Feb  17  1844.  in  Eskebjerg,  Bregninge  parish,  Holbeek  Amt, 
SjEelland,  Denmark;  emigrate:!  to  Utah  with  his  parents  in  1856;  cross- 
ing the  plains  part  of  the  way  with  handcarts;  lost  his  father  and 
only  sister  by  death  on  the  journey;  spent  two  years  in  Iron  County, 
and  located  later,  in  Salt  I,ake  City;  settled  at  Riverton,  where  he 
planted  the  first  orchard  in  1863;  made  two  trips  to  the  Missouri  river 
as  a  Church  teamster  after  the  poor;  married  Minnie  So'rensen  July  26, 
1869,  and  located  with  his  family  in  Draper  in  1874,  where  he  has  since 
resided;  filled  a  mission  to  South  Dakota  in  1877;  became  an  ardent 
Sunday  School  teacher  in  Draper,  and  subsequently  superintendent 
there  fifteen  years;  left  his  home  on  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  July  22, 
1897,  and  now  presides  over  the  Bergen  conference. 


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PETER  CHRISTIAN  GEERTSEN, 

Born  July  26,  1837,  in  Gjotterup,  Hanherred.  Thisted  Amt,  Jylland,  Den- 
mark; baptized  by  M.  C.  Christensen,  Nov.  5,  Iou4;  called  into  the  local 
ministry  and  labored  continuously  as  a  missionary  nine  and  one-half 
years,  of  which  time  three  and  one-half  years  were  spent  in  the  Vend- 
syssel  conference,  three  years  in  the  Fredericia  conference  and  three 
years  as  president  of  the  Aarhus  conference;  he  emigrated  to  Utah 
In  1864,  and  located  in  Huntsville.  Weber  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Den- 
mark in  1873-75,  laboring  first  as  traveling  Elder  in  and  later  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Aarhus  conference;  filled  another  mission  to  Scandinavia 
in  1886-88.  laboring  four  months  in  the  Aalborg  conference  and  later  as 
writer  and  translator  for  Scandinaviens  Stjerne,  at  the  mission  office 
in  Copenhagen;  died  in  Huntsville,  Aug.  22,  1894. 


NIELS  GEORGESON  (JORGENSENK 

Born  Jan.  17.  1834.  at  Hosterkjiib,  Birkerod  parish.  Frederiksborg  Amt, 
Sjselland.  Denmark;  baptized  in  April.  1853.  and  emigrated  to  L  tan  in 
1853-54;  located  at  Pleasant  Grove.  Vtah  Co.:  removed  to  Weston. 
Idaho,  and  now  resides  near  Oxford,  Oneida  Co..  Idaho;  he  was  or- 
dained a  Teacher  in  1856,  a  Seventy  in  1857,  and  a  High  Priest  in  1866; 
acted  as  counselor  to  Bishop  John  H.  Maughan.  at  Weston,  from  1866 
to  1877,  and  after  that  in  the  same  capacity  to  Bishop  A.  S.  Allen; 
set  parat  as  a  High  Counselor  in  the  Oneida  Stake  in  1SS4:  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  Denmark  in  1885-87.  laboring  in  the  Copenhagen  conference;  he 
was  ordained  a  Patriarch  April  25.  1892. 


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C.  J.  GUSTAVESON, 

Born  April  11,  1842,  in  "Wadstena,  Ostergotlanjs,  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized 
by  Nils  C.  Flygare,  Dec.  13,  1862;  migrated  in  1864  to  Denmark,  where 
he  spent  nearly  two  years  in  the  missionary  field;  emigrated  to  Utah 
in  1866,  and  located  in  Salt  Lake  City;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in 
1874-76,  laboring  first  as  traveling  Elder  in  and  later  as  president  of  the 
Skane  conference;  made  a  visit  to  Sweden  in  the  interest  or  his  family 
genealogy  in  1893.  Elder  Gustaveson  is  a  well  known  business  man 
in  Salt  Lake  City,  and  is  a  noted  inventor;  he  holds  ten  U.  S.  patents 
on  his  own  inventions  to  date. 


CARL  JOHAN  GYLLENSWAN, 

Born  Nov.  18,  1852,  in  Olmestad,  Jonkbping  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  May 
21,  1871,  in  Jonkoping,  by  Elder  John  Ehrngren;  ordained  a  Priest  April 
7,  1872,  and  an  Elder  May  10,  1873;  called  to  labor  as  a  local  missionary 
in  the  Gothenburg  conference;  in  that  capacity  he  presided  succes- 
sively over  the  Vestervik,  the  Trollhattan,  the  Linkoping  and  the 
Skara  branch;  he  also  labored  as  traveling  Elder  in  the  Norrkoping, 
the  Linkoping  and  the  Vestervik  branches.  After  spending  about  five 
and  one-half  years  in  the  missionary  field  he  receivea  an  honorable 
release  and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1878;  located  in  Salt  Lake  City,  where 
he  has  resided  ever  since. 


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JOHN  HAGMAN, 

Born  March  18,  1841,  in  Reslof,  Malmohus  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  by  El- 
der John  Fagerberg  and  confirmed  by  Elder  Damn),  Sept.  9,  1860,  in 
Malmo;  ordained  a  Teacher  in  1S61  and  an  Elder  in  1861;  called  to  labor 
as  a  local  missionary,  in  which  capacity  he  presided  over  the  Gord- 
stanga  branch;  from  1866  to  1S67,  he  labored  in  Smaland,  Vexio  branch; 
released  in  February,  1867  and  called  to  labor  in  Lyngby  branch.  In 
1869  was  released  and  assigned  to  labor  in  the  Landskrona  branch. 
Released  same  year  to  emigrate  to  Zion;  left  Copenhagen,  July,  and 
arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City  August  8,  1S69;  made  his  permanent  home 
in  Salt  Lake  City;  ordained  a  Seventy  in  March,  1885;  filled  a  mission 
to  Scandinavia  in  1885-87;  appointed  to  labor  in  the  Skane  conference, 
presiding  over  the  Christianstad,  Lund  and  Trelleborg  branches. 


JOHN  D.   HAGMAN, 

Son  of  John  Hagman,  was  born  May  11,  1874,  in  Salt  LaKe  City,  Utah: 
baptized  by  Elder  Joseph  Dean,  and  confirmed  by  Elder  John  Hagman, 
Sept.  4,  1882;  ordained  a  Deacon,  Nov.  13,  1884,  a  Teacher,  Oct.  27,  1892. 
an  Elder,  Feb.  14,  1896,  an3  a  Seventy,  April  7,  1896i  wnen  he  was  also 
set  apart  for  a  mission  to  Scandinavia;  departed  on  this  mission  April 
11,  1896;  received  appointment  to  labor  in  the  Skane  conference;  arrived 
at  Malmo  (Skane  conference  headquarters)  May  15;  appointed  to  pre- 
side over  the  Helsingborg  branch;  later  called  to  preside  over  the 
Christianstad  branch  and  still  later  called  to  labor  as  clerk  of  the 
Skane  conference,  which  position  was  maintained  until  he  was  honor- 
ably released  April  1,  1898;  arrived  at  Salt  Lake  City  June  17,  1898;  has 
labored  as  a  home  missionary  among  the  Scandinavians. 


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HECTOR  C.  HAIGHT, 

Born  Jan.  17,  1810,  in  \Vindham,  Green  Co..  New  YorK;  baptized  by 
Isaac  C.  Haight  iri  1845;  came  to  I.'tah  in  an  early  day  and  located  in 
Farmington,  Davis  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  In  1856-58.  suc- 
ceeding John  Van  Cott  in  the  presidency  of  the  Scandinavian  mission 
and  was  in  turn  succeeded  by  Carl  Widerborg.  He  died  in  Farmington, 
June  26,  1879. 


TRULS  A.  HALLGREN, 

Born  Jan.  5,  1S35,  in  Klorup,  Malmohus  Lan,  Sweden:  came  to  Stock- 
holm, July  7,  1858;  baptized  and  confirmed  AUK.  26,  1S58,  by  Elder  Lars 
Nilsen;  ordained  a  Priest,  and  sent  to  Thorshalla;  was  arrested  and 
sentenced  to  imprisonment  and  fine  for  preaching  the  Gospel;  served 
the  term  of  imprisonment,  in  company  with  Elder  P.  V.  Holmgren,  in 
Eskilstuna;  was  sent  to  Gottland  to  open  up  a  mission;  arrived  there 
Nov.  1.  1860;  labored  there  eighteen  months  with  success;  three 
branches  were  organized  there;  was  called  to  the  Stockholm  confer- 
ence and  remained  there  until  the  spring  of  1564;  left  Copenhagen 
April  16,  for  America;  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Oct.  5,  1864;  located  in 
Ogden,  Weber  Co.;  filled  a  short  mission  to  Sweden  in  1878,  laboring 
principally  in  Finland;  filled  another  missiom  to  Sweden  in  1889-91. 


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PAULI   K.   B.   HAMMER. 

Born  July  2s,  Is:)!),  in  Kaaburg.  Fyen.  Denmark;  a  son  of  S.  L.  Ham- 
mer, the  goldsmith,  and  his  wife,  Marie  Kerstine.  daugliter  of  Mathias 
Arentzen.  cif  Faabm'K;  spent  three  years  and  a  half  in  Germany  and 
Austria,  studying  painting,  anil  then  returned  to  Copenhagen  via  Paris 
and  London,  arriving  home  AUK'.  Hi.  IsiHi;  was  baptized  Nov.  20.  1860; 
emigrated  to  America  in  1S61;  left  Liverpool  on  board  the  Monarch  of 
the  Sea,  in  company  with  1.000  Saints;  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Sept. 
23.  1861.  From  Ixsu  to  188".  ho  performed  two  missions— to  Denmark 
and  Hamburg,  and  to  Austria  and  Denmark.  Since  that  time  he  has 
traveled  in  California,  Oregon.  Washington  and  some  of  the  Eastern 
States,  and  also  in  British  Columbia,  but  his  place  of  residence  has 
been  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 


CARL  KEJLGAARD  ,.AN8EN, 

Born  in  Prederikshavn.  Denmark.  Sept.  15.  1833;  moved  to  Aalborg 
in  1851;  worked  there  until  the  year  1S53.  when  he  traveled  through 
the  principal  parts  of  Denmark;  enlisted  as  a  soldier  In  1856;  married 
Caroline  Marline  Anderson  in  1860;  went  to  Randers  In  1861.  where  he 
heard  the  Gospel,  and.  with  his  wife,  was  baptized  Dec.  1.  that  year, 
by  Elder  Peter  Larsen:  was  appointed  secretary  of  the  confernce;  or- 
dained a  Teacher,  and  assigned  to  labor  in  the  Randers  branch.  In 
1864  he  sent  his  wife  to  Zion,  but  she  died  on  the  desert.  Brother 
Hansen  was  ordained  an  Elder,  and  presided  over  the  Aarhus  branch 
two  years;  emigrated  in  1817.  having  first  married  Karen  Rasmussen, 
April  7;  this  company  was  the  first  that  crossed  theAtlanticinasteam- 
ship;  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Oct.  5,  1867;  located  in  Fairview. 


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CHRISTIAN  HANSEN, 

Born  Jan.  15,  1820,  at  Skuldelev,  Frederiksborg  Amt.  Denmark;  served 
as  a  soldier  in  the  Danish  army  in  1843,  and  participated  in  the  war  of 
1848-50  against  Germany;  embraced  the  Gospel  in  Copenhagen,  April  8, 
1853;  being  baptized  by  Elder  C.  C.  A.  Christensen;  emigrated  to  Utah, 
1853;  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City  Oct.  5,  1854.  In  the  spring  of  the  next 
year  he  settled  in  Brigham  City.  In  the  spring  of  1871  he  was  called 
to  start  a  co-operative  dairy;  ha!  charge  of  the  same  for  ten  years. 
This  was  the  first  dairy  in  Utah;  miiKed  400  cows;  in  1882-84  iie  filled  a 
mission  to  Denmark;  labored  in  the  Copenhagen  conference  for  ten 
months;  was  released  on  account  of  ill  health.  He  partook  with  his 
brethren  In  sufferings  through  persecutions.  Brother  Hansen  is  one  of 
Brigham  City's  old  timers. 


HANS  HANSEN, 

Born  Nov.  10,  1813,  in  Sallerup,  Prest0  Amt,  Denmark;  baptized  April 
15,  1853;  emigrated  to  Utah  with  his  family  in  1853,  and  settle:!  in  Eph- 
raim,  Sanpete  Co.,  in  iS54,  where  he  resided  until  his  death,  which 
took  place  on  the  30th  of  July,  1895.  He  was  oriained  an  liicier  in  the 
year  1855,  a  Seventy  in  1858.  oy  Elder  Benjamin  L,.  Clapp,  and  a  High 
Priest  in  1876.  His  wife  Anna  Andersen  Hansen  bore  him  three  chil- 
dren, two  of  which  they  brought  with  them  to  Utah.  He  was  well-to- 
do  and  used  his  means  for  the  furtherance  of  the  cause  of  truth. 
Before  emigrating  he  paid  a  full  tithing  of  his  property,  and  he  ob- 
served the  law  of  tithing  until  his  death.  His  only  son,  James  Hansen, 
performed  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1880-82. 


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TTAN?  ANDREAS  HANSEV. 

Born  March  2,  1836,  at  L'lefos,  riolden,  Norway;  son  of  Hans  Thors- 
tensen  and  his  wife,  Johanne  Johannesen;  was  Baptized  April  11,  1857; 
went  through  the  persecutions  of  the  early  days  01  the  Gospel  in  Nor- 
way; was  ordained  an  Elder  June  23,  185o;  performed  a  mission  to  the 
cities  of  Brevig,  Porsgrund,  Skien  Laurvig,  and  Telemarken;  In  Sep- 
tember, 1859  he  was  sent  to  Christiansand  to  preside  over  the  branch; 
left  for  Trondhjem  Aug.  12,  1861;  in  the  spring  of  1863  he  went  to 
Stavanger;  was  released  Martfh  20.  1865;  married  Annie  Thomine  Sal- 
vesen,  April  9.  and  left  the  same  year  for  America;  arrived  in  Logan 
in  October,  1866;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  in  May,  1876;  worked  six 
months  on  the  Salt  Lake  Temple;  i..led  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in 
1881-83;  presided  over  the  Christianla  conference;  appointed  second 
counselor  to  Bishop  A.  L.  Skanchy,  Logan. 


HANS  CHRISTIAN  HANSEN, 

Born  Jan.  2,  1854,  in  Lunde,  Odense  Amt,  Fyen.  Denmark:  baptized 
June  10,  1879,  by  Elder  Geo.  i-ranusen;  emigrated  to  Utah  the  same 
year;  was  called  to  perform  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  and  left  Salt 
Lake  City,  the  28th  of  August,  1891;  was  assigned  to  labor  in  the 
Aarhus  conference,  and  remained  there  for  two  years;  was  released 
after  a  successful  mission,  and  left  Copenhagen  July  1,  1893.  Elder 
Hansen  Is  now  a  resident  of  Mink  Creek,  Onelda  Co.,  Idaho.  He  was 
ordained  an  Elder  Dec.  7,  1881.  a  Seventy  Aug.  26,  1891.  He  lived  in  Ix>- 
gan,  Utah,  until  the  year  1885,  when  he  went  to  Mink  Creek. 


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HANS  M.   HANSEN, 

Son  of  Martin  and  Emma  Caroline  Hansen,  who  emigrated  from  Nor- 
way in  the  spring  of  1859.  was  born  in  Drammen,  Norway.  Aug.  8,  1856; 
resided  in  South  Cottonwood  until  1878.  when  he  removed  to  Fremont 
or  Rabbit  Valley;  was  set  apart  as  first  counselor  to  Bishop  James  A. 
Taylor  of  the  Fremont  Ward.  June  24,  1887;  received  a  call  to  go  on  a 
mission  to  Norway,  and  left  his  home  in  Fremont  to  fill  the  same  July 
20.  1889;  labored  in  the  Drammen  branch  of  t.ie  Christiania  conference 
until  he  was  released  to  return  to  Zion;  arrived  home  May  7,  1891;  ow- 
ing to  sickness  in  his  family  was  released  before  the  ordinary  time 
was  up.  He  was  ordained  Bishop  ana  appointed  to  preside  over  the 
Fremont  Ward.  June  29.  1891;  was  called  to  act  as  counselor  to  Presi- 
dent W.  E.  Robison  of  said  Stake,  in  which  capacity  he  is  now  acting. 


JACOB  HANSEN, 

Born  Nov.  21,  1842,  in  Klovetofte,  Copenhagen  Aint,  Denmark;  baptized 
the  2nd  of  July,  1866;  emigrated  to  I'tah  in  1867;  located  in  Bear  River 
City.  Box  Elder  Co.;  in  October.  1879.  he  went  on  a  mission  to  Den- 
mark, and  filled  the  position  of  president  of  ©ernes  branch,  which  in- 
cluded Lolland,  Falster  and  Moen;  was  released  to  return  home  in 
1881.  In  1886,  he  was  again  called  to  fill  a  mission  to  Denmark,  and 
arrived  in  Copenhagen  on  the  23rd  of  November.  His  field  of  labor 
was  the  northeastern  part  of  Sjselland,  his  native  land,  where  he  had 
an  opportunity  of  bearing  his  testimony  to  his  many  friends  and  rel- 
atives. He  presided  over  the  branch  in  that  district  rrom  April.  1887, 
to  September.  1888,  when  he  was  released  to  return  home;  arrived 
home  on  the  18th  of  October.  He  still  resides  in  Bear  River  City. 


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JAMES  (JENS)   HANSEN, 

Born  Oct.  13,  1823,  in  Otterup  parish,  Odense  Amt,  Fyen,  Denmark; 
baptized  Aug.  25,  1851,  in  Copenhagen,  by  Eller  Chr.  Christiansen;  or- 
dained a  Priest.  Nov.  15,  1851;  an  Elder  in  1852;  engaged  in  missionary 
labor  at  that  time;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1853-54;  located  in  Spanish 
Fork,  Utah  Co.;  ordained  a  Seventy  Nov.  18.  1854;  went  on  a  mission 
to  Denmark  May  22.  1865;  returned  home  Oct.  10.  1867;  went  on  a  sec- 
ond mission  to  Denmark,  Oct.  10.  1878;  returned  Sept.  25.  1879;  was  set 
apart  as  one  of  the  presidents  of  the  Nineteenth  quorum  ot  Seventy, 
May  29.  1884;  went  on  a  third  mission  to  Denmark,  May  26.  1885;  re- 
turned June  26,  1888;  was  president  of  the  Scandinavian  meetings  in 
Spanish  Fork,  Utah  Co.;  died  June  28,  1897. 


JORGEN  HANSEN. 

Born  Aug.  1,  1852,  in  Havlokke.  Ostofte  parish,  LollanJ,  Denmark;  was 
baptized  May  13,  1865;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1886;  located  In  Prove. 
Utah  Co.,  where  he  has  resided  since;  was  ordained  a  member  of  the 
34th  quorum  of  Seventy,  Jan.  28,  1876;  left  Salt  Lake  City  for  a  mission 
to  Scandinavia.  April  10.  1883;  arrived  in  Copenhagen  May  4:  was  as- 
signed to  the  Southwest  Sjfelland  branch,  where  he  remained  for  15 
months;  presided  over  the  Copenhagen  conference  10  months:  returned 
home  June  15,  1885,  in  charge  of  500  European  Saints;  arrived  in  Salt 
Lake  City.  July  7;  was  ordained  a  High  Priest  July  19.  1885.  and  set 
apart  as  first  counselor  to  Bishop  James  W.  Loveless,  Prove  Seconi 
Ward.  He  held  this  position  until  the  death  of  Bishop  Loveless,  and 
has  filled  numerous  other  important  positions. 


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NIELS    HANSEN. 

Born  in  Skads,  Schlesvig,  March  8,  1833;  moved,  with  his  parents,  when 
four  years  old.  to  Lygumskloster;  went  to  Copenhagen  in  tiie  year  1850; 
heard  the  Gospel  in  the  month  of  November  that  year;  went  to  sea 
shortly  afterwards;  was  baptized  on  the  4th  of  December,  1851,  and 
came  to  Utah  with  the  first  large  company  from  Scandinavia  in  1853; 
was  ordained  a  Seventy  in  the  Twenty-first  Quorum;  Is  now  a  High 
Priest.  In  1884  he  went  on  a  mission  to  Denmark,  and  labored  in  the 
Aalborg  conference;  \vas  banished  from  the  country  tile  26th  of  May, 
1885;  was  sent  to  Norway,  and  labored  in  the  Frederikstad  branch;  had 
charge  of  a  Norwegian  company  of  emigrating  Saints  when  he  returned 
home.  He  is  a  resident  of  Manti,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah. 


OLE  HANSEN, 

Born  in  Vester  Lunde,  Lunde  parish,  Odense  Amt.  fyen,  Denmark, 
Sept.  26,  1825;  was  baptized  May  28,  1867;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1870;  was 
told  in  his  Patriarchial  blessing  that  he  had  a  mission  to  perform, 
though  already  well  up  in  years;  was  called  in  1883  to  go  to  Denmark, 
and  was  assigned  to  the  Aarhus  conference,  Odense  branch;  baptized 
his  son,  as  a  first  fruit  of  his  labor;  was  appointed  president  of  the 
branch  and  labored  as  such  ten  months  with  great  success.  Having 
served  in  the  war  against  Prussia,  he  haa  many  friends,  and  he  had  the 
pleasure  of  baptizing  thirteen  persons;  left  Copenhagen  June  15,  1885, 
for  Zion,  Elder  Hansen,  of  Provo,  being  the  leader  of  the  company 
Elder  Ole  Hansen  is  now  a  resident  of  Smithfield,  Cache  Co.,  Utah. 


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PETER  H.  HANSEN, 

Born  in  Frobjerg,  Orte  parish,  Odense  Amt,  Fyen,  Denmark,  Feb.  17, 
1850;  baptized  Feb.  4,  1864;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  the  year  1869;  filled  a 
mission  to  Denmark  In  1890-92;  was  assigned  to  labor  in  the  North- 
west Sjselland  district,  about  twenty  months;  was  then  honorably  re- 
leased to  return  home.  Elder  Hansen  says  the  office  of  the  district 
had  for  years  been  out  in  a  lonesome  place  callel  Kr0jerup,  near  Soro. 
Shortly  after  being  appointed  president  of  the  mission  in  that  district 
he  moved  to  the  city  of  Slagelse.  This  was  the  means  of  infusing  new 
life  in  the  mission.  Headquarters  has  continued  there  ever  since.  El- 
der Hansen  is  now  a  resident  of  MayPeld,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah. 


PETER  OLSEN  HANSEN, 

Born  June  11,  ISIS,  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  emigrated  to  America  in 
1843;  baptized  by  his  brother  Hans  C.  Hansen  in  Boston.  Mass. ;  March  7, 
1844,  being  the  third  Dane  who  embraced  the  fullness  of  the  Gospel;  mi- 
grated to  Nauvoo,  Illinois,  in  December,  1S44;  commenced  the  transla- 
tion of  the  Book  of  Mormon  into  the  Danish  language;  worked  on  the 
Nauvoo  Temple;  came  west  during  the  exodus  in  1846;  arrived  in  Salt 
Lake  Valley  in  September,  1847;  called  on  a  mission  to  Denmark;  ar- 
rived in  Copenhagen  May  11,  1850,  one  month  ahead  of  Erastus  Snow; 
returned  to  Utah  in  1855;  filled  two  other  missions  to  Scandinavia,  one 
in  1873-75.  and  another  in  1880-82;  died  in  Manti,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah, 
Aug.  9,  1895. 


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ERIK  CHRISTIAN  HENRICHSEN, 

Born  in  Vejle,  Denmark,  Dec.  30,  1847:  at  the  age  or  twenty  he  em- 
braced the  Gospel;  was  ordained  a  Deacon  March  8,  1868;  later  a  Priest 
and  an  Elder,  ani  in  the  fall  of  1869  was  called  to  perform  a  mission 
in  his  native  country  starting  out  on  the  4th  of  October;  was  released 
in  the  spring  of  1871,  and  went  to  Norway.  He  labored  in  that  country 
until  released  to  go  to  Zion  in  October.  1871;  arrived  in  Provo  in  No- 
vember, the  same  year.  While  traveling  in  Norway  he  was  obliged, 
like  many  other  missionaries,  to  conceal  his  real  name;  hence  he  is 
known  even  unto  this  day  among  many  of  the  Norwegian  Saints  as 
Brother  Gronbeck.  In  July,  1872,  he  married  Jensine  A.  V.  Jensen  and 
in  1875  he  was  ordained  a  Seventy.  In  1890  he  was  elected  and  served 
as  a  councilman  in  Provo  City. 


NIELS  J.  HENRICKSEN, 

Born  Oct.  1,  1858.  in  Raabylille.  M0en,  Denmark;  was  reareJ  in  the 
Lutheran  church;  was  baptized  Feb.  11.  1879.  by  Elder  Carl  Jensen;  was 
ordained  a  Priest  and  sent  out  to  preach  the  Gospel  in  Che  northwest- 
ern Sjtelland  branch;  ordained  an  Elder  in  August.  1885;  was  disowned 
by  his  parents  for  the  sake  of  the  Gospel;  left  for  Utah  in  August. 
1881;  lived  in  Logan  for  two  years,  and  then  moved  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
his  present  place  of  residence;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  in  August,  1891, 
and  sent  on  a  mission  to  Denmark;  presided  over  0erne's  branch;  was 
banished,  five  months  afti-r  his  arrival,  but  permitted  to  see  friends 
before  his  departure;  baptized  three  persons  and  heid  several  meetings; 
went  to  Skane.  Sweden,  laboring  first  as  traveling  Elder  and  later  as 
president  of  the  conference;  returned  home  in  September,  1893. 


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J.  A.  HENDRJCESEN. 

Born  Aug.  19,  I860,  in  Frederikstad,  Norway,  came  to  Utah  in  18b3,  in 
Company  with  his  mother  ani  an  elder  brother;  settled  in  Richmond. 
Cache  Co.,  but  soon  afterwards  moved  to  Plain  City,  Weber  Co.,  and 
later  to  Logan,  Cache  Co..  where  he  has  resided  ever  since;  left  in  Oc- 
tober, 1887,  for  a  mission  to  Scandinavia;  reached  Christiania  and  re- 
mained there  two  months;  then  went  to  Bergen;  remained  ---ere  six 
months  and  baptized  ten  persons;  was  then  sent  to  Frederikshalu  and 
Frederikstad,  where  ae  remained  about  five  months;  after  a  short  visit 
to  Christiania.  he  was. again  sent  to  Bergen,  where  he  remained  five 
months.  After  that  he  was  appointed  to  labor  a  short  trme  In  England, 
where  he  remained  until  November.  18S9.  when  he  was  released  to  re- 
turn home.  In  England  his  work  was  to  gather  genealogical  data. 


ANDREW  HEXDRIKSEN, 

Born  in  the  city  of  Drammen.  Norwav  on  the  8th  of  March,  1830;  emi- 
grated to  the  I  nited  States  in  1854;  was  baptized  on  the  3rd  of  March. 
1860,  by  Hans  Kofod.  in  the  city  of  Omaha.  Nebraska;  came  to  *,'tah  in 
the  same  year,  and  located  in  Levan,  Jua~  Co.  He  was  called  to  per- 
form a  mission  to  Denmark  in  the  year  187/,  an  another  mission  to 
the  Eastern  States  in  1883.  He  remained  each  time  in  the  mission  field 
as  long  as  nis  health  would  permit,  endeavoring  to  bear  his  testimony 
to  the  truth  of  the  Gospel  to  his  fe..owmen.  Elder  HenJriksen  died  in 
Levan  on  tne  ioth  of  June,  1898. 


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JOHAN  B.  HESSE, 

Born  May  16,  1828,  in  Granlev,  Viborg  Amt.  Denmark;  baptized  June  13, 
185S;  ordained  a  Teacher  in  1859;  a  Priest  in  1860,  and  an  Elder  in  1861; 
labored  two  years  as  a  local  missionary  in  the  Aarhus  conference;  was 
sent  as  a  missionary  to  Sweden,  where  he  labored  in  the  Skane,  Stock- 
holm and  Sundsvall  conferences;  one  of  his  important  fields  of  labor 
was  the  island  if  Gotland;  from  October,  1866,  to  May,  1868.  he  presided 
over  the  Stockholm  conference;  emigrated  to  Ijtah  in  1869;  married 
Wilhelmina  Svenson;  located  in  Monroe,  Sevier  Co.,  in  1871,  where  he 
still  resides;  was  identified  with  the  United  Order  for  several  years; 
ordained  a  High  Priest  in  1874;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark,  laboring  in 
the  Aarhus  conference,  first  as  traveling  Elder  an!  later  as  president. 


FERDINAND  FRIIS  HINTZE, 

Son  of  Anders  Hintze  and  Karen  Sopnie  Nikolaisen;  born  in  Roeskilde, 
Denmark.  May  13,  1854,  baptize^  May  13,  1862;  emieratea  to  Utah  with 
his  parents  in  1864,  and  located  in  Big  Cotton  wood;  filled  a  mission  to 
Nebraska  and  Iowa  in  ]877-78;  organized  a  new  conference  and  bap- 
tized about  forty;  filled  another  mission  in  1879-80.  laboring  in  Michi- 
gan, Illinois.  Iowa  and  Nebraska;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in 
1885-87,  laboring  in  Denmark  and  Norway;  in  1886-90  he  filled  a  mission 
to  Turkey;  he  planted  the  Gospel  in  Sivas  and  Aintau.  After  his  re- 
turn he  was  set  apart  as  a  president  of  the  72nd  quorum  of  Seventy; 
filled  a  special  mission  to  Turkey  in  1897-1900;  on  this  mission  he  pub- 
lished 29.000  tracts  in  the  Turkish  language  and  commenced  the  transla- 
tion of  the  Doctrine  and  Covenants  and  the  Book  of  Mormon. 


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CHARLES  u:  J.   HOLM, 

Born  in  H«ing,  Finderup  parish.  Sor0  Amt,  Sjselland,  Denmark,  the  27th 
of  May,  1841;  received  the  Gospel  in  l.onuon,  England,  being  baptized 
by  Elder  Charles  W.  Penrose,  May  1.  1867;  confirmed  by  Elder  James  B. 
Brown;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  the  year  --.$,  and  arrived  in  Salt  Lake 
City  on  the  25th  of  September.  Elder  Holm  now  presides  over  the 
Scandinavian  meetings  in  South  Cottonwood,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
High  Council  of  the  Granite  Stake  of  Zion. 


FREDERIC  P.  JENSEN  HOLST, 

Born  Dec.  18,  1824,  In  Balling  parish,  Viborg  Amt  Denmark;  was  bap- 
tized in  August,  1851:  labored  as  a  missionary  for  some  time,  and  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1852-53;  live!  in  Salt  Lake  City  until  "the  great 
move"  in  1858,  when  he  located  in  Kphraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  has 
resided  ever  since:  he  has  taken  an  active  part  at  home,  labonng  as  a 
Teacher  and  In  other  capacities.  In  the  spring  of  1898  he  went  on  a  mis- 
sion to  his  native  land,  at  the  age  of  73  years,  and  enjoyed  his  labors 
very  much.  After  spending  thirteen  months  auroad  he  was  released  to 
return  home.  Elder  Hoist  is  still  enjoying  good  health,  ana  takes  a, 
lively  interest  in  the  cause  of  the  Gospe.. 


JOHN  H.  HOUGAARD, 

Born  in  Wirket,  island  of  Falster,  Denmark,  Nov.  10,  1842;  was  baptized 
Sept.  23,  1861;  emigrated  to  Utah,  together  with  his  parents,  Rasmus  H. 
and  Magdalene  P.  Hougaard,  two  brothers  and  three  sisters  in  1862; 
was  ordained  a  Seventy  by  Elder  George  A.  Smith,  May  18,  1869;  left 
for  a  mission  to  Denmaik;  presided  over  the  Aarhua  conference;  re- 
turned home  Aug.  26,  1870;  in  the  fail  of  1879  was  called  on  a  mission  to 
the  San  Luis  Valley,  in  Colorado,  and  Mew  Mexico,  in  company  with 
Bishop  Hans  Jensen,  of  Manti.  and  others;  located  ana  surveyed  two 
towns,  Bphraim  and  Manassa,  together  with  the  surrounding  land,  also 
laying  out  and  leveling  the  necessary  canals  and  ditches  ror  irrigating 
purposes.  Returned  in  the  fall  of  18^0;  has  been  a  member  of  the  city 
council  of  Manti  City  for  ten  years,  four  of  which  he  served  as  mayor. 


ANDREW  S.   HYRUP, 

The  youngest  son  of  S0ren  S.  Hyrup  and  his  wife  Kjersien  Marie  An- 
dersen; born  Aug.  18,  1854,  in  Brundby,  Tranebjerg  parish,  Sams0, 
Denmark;  moved  to  Aarhus,  where  he  heard  of  the  Latter-day  Saints; 
emigrated  in  1874  to  Australia,  and  later  to  New  Zealand;  was  baptized 
Jan.  22,  1880;  was  ordained  a  Priest;  left  New  Zealand  for  Me.uourne, 
Australia,  and  thence  went  by  steamer  to  London;  arrived  in 
London  after  a  voyage  of  forty-five  days,  proceeded  to 
Denmark  and  visited  relatives  and  friends;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1880; 
located  in  Logan  and  worked  on  the  Temple;  left  for  Mant!  in  1»>S4,  and 
worked  on  the  Temple;  was  set  apart  in  June,  1889,  for  a  mission  to 
Denmark;  returned  home  June  7,  1891;  is  now  a  resident  of  Salt  Lake 
City. 


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NILS  LARSON  HoGBERG, 

Born  July  26,  1840,  in  St.  Olafs  parish,  Christianstad's  Lan,  Sweden; 
baptized  Dec.  10.  1871,  in  Greflunda.  by  Elder  B.  P.  Textorius;  confirmed 
the  same  day;  ordained  to  the  office  of  Priest,  May  20.  1872.  by  Elder  P. 
S.  Holmgren;  ordained  an  Elder  June  3.  1872,  by  Elder  Paul  Dehlin;  was 
sent  on  a  mission  to  Helsingborg,  and  labored  in  the  Skane  conference 
until  in  the  month  of  August;  was  released  and  permitted  to  go  to 
Zion  in  1875;  was  set  apart  to  perform  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  Sept.  7, 
1886;  left  Salt  Lake  City  on  the  8th.  and  arrived  in  Copenhagen  on  the 
28th;  Malmo  on  the  29th,  and  in  Helsingborg  on  the  30th.  Later  he 
visited  Christianstad  and  the  province  of  Blekinge;  returned  home  in 
the  company  that  left  Copenhagen  Aug.  23,  1888. 


AUGUST  JOEL  HOGLUND. 

Fifth  son  of  Anders  Hoglund  and  wife,  Johanna  Larsen;  born  In 
Fundbo.  I'psala  Lan,  Sweden.  Sept.  14.  1855;  was  baptized  in  Up- 
sala,  Sept.  14.  1873;  was  called  to  perform  missionary  labors;  was  or- 
dained an  Elder,  April  25,  1874,  and  sent  to  Orebro;  labored  two  and 
one-half  years  in  Nerike,  Sddermanland  anu  Norrland;  was  sent  to  the 
Gothenburg  conference  in  1876,  and  labored  in  Norrkoping.  and  Wester- 
vik;  was  then  released  to  go  to  Zion;  emigrates  to  Utah  in  i&<8  worked 
on  the  Logan  Temple  one  month;  married  Anna  Mathilda  Svenson. 
April  10.  1SX9:  was  a  Teacher  in  the  Thirteenth  Ward.  Salt  Lake  City: 
fllled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1893-95;  labored  in  the  Gothenburg 
conference,  and  later  presided  over  it:  visited  t  inland  and  Russia: 
baptized  a  family  in  St.  Petersburg,  the  first  baptism  in  luat  empire. 


PEHR  HAKANSON, 

Born  July  9,  1839,  in  Bastekille,  Mellby  parish,  Christianstad  Lan,  Swe- 
den. His  parents  were  Hakan  Jonson  and  Anna  Johnson.  He  was  bap- 
tize! Feb.  9,  1870,  by  Elder  Johan  A.  Halvorsen;  ordained  a  Teacher, 
May  22.  1870;  a  Priest,  Aug.  21.  1870;  an  Elder.  Oct.  19,  1870;  performed 
a  mission  in  the  fall  of  1870  to  the  Christianstad  and  Hessleholm 
branches;  emigrated  to  America  In  1874;  landed  in  Ogden.  Utah,  on  July 
21,  and  arrived  in  Hyrum,  Cache  Co.,  on  Oct.  6th;  Oct.  tz.  1874.  he  was 
called  to  work  on  the  Temple  in  St.  George.  July  8,  1875.  he  joined  the 
United  Order;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  Jan.  7.  1884;  received  a  call  on 
the  26th  of  Aug.  1886,  to  fill  a  mission  to  Scandinavia;  started  on  the 
7th  of  September  for  that  flell  of  labor  and  returnefl  home  after  an 
absence  of  two  years.  Is  now  a  resident  of  Hyrum  City,  Cache  Co. 


NIELS  iSAKfclCN 

Born  Jan.  26,  1823.  in  Holden.  Bratsbeig  Ami,  Norway;  moved  to  the 
city  of  Brevlg,  where  he  married  in  1845:  was  among  the  first  to  hear 
and  embrace  the  Gospel  in  that  city,  in  1852;  was  baptized  Aug.  22. 
1852,  by  Elder  Jeppe  G.  Folkman.  In  1853  he  moved  to  Ris0r.  where  he 
was  ordained  an  Elder  by  Elder  Canute  Peterson,  and  was  called  to 
preside  over  the  branch  in  October,  1855;  acted  in  that  capacity  until 
1861,  when  a  conflagration  destroyed  the  town,  anl  he  moved  to  Chris- 
tiania.  He  emigrated  to  Utah  with  his  family,  in  1875,  and  located  in 
Fairview,  Sanpete  Co..  where  he  was  then  ordained  a  High  Priest: 
moved  to  Manti  in  the  fall  of  1889.  Dec.  28.  1895,  he  celebrated  his  golden 
wedding,  and  was  presented  with  a  gold-headed  cane  by  friends.  He 
has  performed  much  labor  in  the  Manti  Temple. 


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ANDERS  O.  INGELSTRoM. 

Born  Oct.  10,  1853,  in  Froslof,  Skane,  Sweden;  son  of  Ola  Ingelstrom 
and  his  wife  llgena  Anderson;  heard  tne  Gospel  in  Copenhagen,  Den- 
mark, where  he  was  baptized  Oct.  6,  1876.  On  tne  28th  or  that  month, 
he  was  called  to  go  on  a  mission  LO  Sweden,  wnere  he  was  appointed 
president  of  the  Norrkoping  branch.  During  the  following  winter 
new  members  were  added  to  the  church  there.  May  19,  1878,  he-,  was 
sent  to  the  Linkoping  branch,  where  he  labored  until  the  17th  of  Oc- 
tober; baptized  eight  persons.  .From  Linkoping  he  was  again  sent  to 
Norrkoping,  ana  he  organize:!  a  branch  in  Vingaker.  He  labored  here 
until  June  2,  1879,  and  baptized  about  eigtuy  persons.  Then  he  emi- 
grated to  Utah:  he  now  holds  the  office  of  a  Bishop  in  Basalt,  Idaho. 


FERDINAND  JACOBSKN. 

Born  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  June  23,  1833;  moved  with  his  parents 
to  Fredericia,  when  six  years  old;  was  slightly  wounded  during  the  war 
of  1848,  and  sent  to  Fyen,  but  returned  later  to  FreJerlcia;  visited 
various  religious  meetings;  heard  the  Gospel  in  1853  and  was  baptized 
Feb.  23.  1853.  by  Elder  Rasmus  Nielsen;  was  ordained  a  Deacon  shortly 
afterwards,  and  later  a  Priest;  went  on  a  mission  in  1854  to  Vejle, 
Fredericia  and  Kolding;  was  ordained  an  Elder,  Sept.  11,  1854,  and  sent 
to  Langeland  on  a  mission,  and  presided  over  the  branches  on  that 
island  for  two  years;  labored  later  as  traveling  Elder  ^n  the  Fyen  con- 
ference; was  married  Oct.  23,  1857;  presided  successively  over  the 
branches  in  Odense,  Rudkj0bing  and  Slagelse  until  September,  1*71. 
when  he  emigrated  to  Utah;  located  with  nis  family  in  Logan. 


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JAMES  JACOBSON, 

Born  in  Burlof,  Malmahus  Liln,  Sweden,  Aug.  15.  183x;  when  sixteen 
years  old  he  went  to  Denmark,  where  he  received  de  Gospel,  being 
bapitzed  and  confirmed  July  2,  1861,  in  the  Aarhus  branch;  later  he 
acted  as  a  Teacher  in  the  Randers  branch;  removed  to  Copenhagen, 
and  called  into  the  missionary  field;  labored  eight  months  as  a  travel- 
ing Elder  in  Fyen,  and  sixteen  months  on  Faister.  Moen  and  Bogo; 
baptized  twenty-four  persons;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1866;  among  the 
many  emigrants  who  died  this  year  with  cholera  in  cn/ssing  the  plains 
was  his  wife;  located  in  Fountain  Green,  Sanpete  Co.,  wnere  he  has 
since  resided;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1881-83,  laboring  in  the 
Aarhus  conference. 


MARTIN  JACOBSEN, 

Born  April  11.  1834,  in  Stora  Bjellerup.  Skane,  Sweden;  embraced  the 
Gospel  in  Westra  Karoy,  Skane,  an  was  baptized  by  j^lder  Nils  C 
Flygare,  June  27.  1861;  ordained  a  Teacher  in  December  1S61  an!  an 
Elder,  May  29,  1863;  left  Sweden  to  emigrate  to  America.  April  20,  1863; 
arrived  in  Salt  Lake  CMty,  Sept.  29.  18(8;  settled  in  Cache  Valley;  moved 
to  Bear  Lake  in  1869;  left  home  Aug.  17,  1880,  to  go  to  Sweden  on  a  mis- 
sion; was  appointed  to  preside  over  the  Lund  branch,  and  later  over 
the  Skane  conference;  was  released  in  May.  1882,  to  return  home. 
aider  Jacobsen  performed  a  successful  mission;  was  orcained  a  High 
Priest  in  1865,  by  Elder  James  H.  Hart,  and  testifies  earnestly  to  the 
truth  of  the  Gospel. 


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CHRISTIAN  JENSEN, 

Born  April  30,  1826.  in  Gronholt,  Flade  parish,  Hjorring  Amt,  Denmark; 
married  Miss  Kiersten  Andersen,  Dec.  28,  1S47;  participated  in  the  war 
between  Denmark  and  Germany  In  1850;  was  baptized  Dec.  8,  1854;  or- 
dained to  the  Priesthood  and  called  into  the  ministry  ana  presided  suc- 
cessively over  the  H0rmested.  Skjaeve,  Byrum,  Jerslev,  Gjerum  and 
Napstjert  branches,  in  the  Vendsyssel  conference.  Denmark.  The  By- 
rum  branch,  on  the  island  of  Ljesd.  was  raised  up  by  him.  ne  being  the 
first  Elder  to  introduce  the  Gospel  on  that  island:  emigrated  with  most 
of  his  family  to  Utah  in  1866;  located  in  Ephraim.  Sanpete  Co.;  after- 
wards in  Pleasant  Grove,  Utah  Co.,  and  later  in  Richfield,  Sevier  Co. 
where  he  died,  Aug.  12,  1898. 


KIERSTEN  JENSEN, 

Wife  of  Christian  Jensen,  and  daughter  of  Anders  Christensen  and 
Inger  Marie  Pedersen,  was  born  July  7,  1821,  at  Smaagaarden  Skjseve 
parish,  Hj0rring  Amt,  Denmark;  was  married  to  Christian  Jensen 
Dec.  28,  1847.  to  whom  she  bore  three  sons,  namely  Jens  Christian' 
now  a  resident  of  Pleasant  Grove,  Utah;  AnJrew,  now  assistant 
Church  historian,  and  Joseph  Julius,  now  a  watchmaker  and  jeweler 
of  Richfield,  Utah.  When  "Mormonism"  was  first  preached  in  the 
inner  part  of  Vendsyssel  she  and  her  husband  were  among  the  first 
to  embrace  it  in  that  part  of  the  country,  being  baptized  by  Elder 
Christen  Hansen.  Dec.  8,  1854.  She  was  very  zealous  m  bearing  testi- 
mony of  the  restored  Gospel  to  her  neighbors  and  all  who  visited  her 
house.  After  emigrating  to  Utah,  in  1866,  her  permanent  home  has 
been  in  Pleasant  Grove,  Utah  Co. 


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ANDREW  JENSON, 

Born  Dec.  11,  1850,  in  Torslev  parish;  Hjorring  Ami,  Denmark;  baptized 
Feb.  2,  1859,  by  C.  W.  J.  Hecker;  emigrated  to  Utah  with  his  parents 
in  1866,  and  located  in  Pleasant  Grove,  Utah  Co.;  ordained  an  Elder 
by  Wm.  H.  Folsom,  and  a  Seventy  by  Geo.  Q.  Cannon,  in  1873;  filled  a 
mission  to  Denmark  in  1873-75;  together  with  John  A.  Brum;  he  pub- 
lished a  ».. story  of  the  Prophet  Joseph  in  the  Danish-Norwegian 
language  in  1877-79;  filled  another  mission  to  Denmark  In  1879-81;  re- 
moved to  Salt  Lake  City  in  1882;  edited  and  published  "Morgenst.ier 
nen"  and  "The  Historical  Record;"  filled  a  mission  to  the  United  States 
in  1888,  and  another  one  in  1893;  set  apart  as  a  Historian  by  Franklin 
D.  Richards,  April  16,  1891;  visited  all  the  Stakes  of  Zion  in  the  interest 
of  Church  history  from  1890  to  1895;  filled  a  special  mission  to  all  foreign 
missionary  fields  in  1895-97. 


EMMA  HUWELL  JENSON. 

Wife  of  Andrew  Jenson,  is  a  daug  -.er  of  James  Howell  and  Fanny 
Trussler,  and  was  born  March  17  1862,  in  Steyning.  Sussex  Co.,  Eng- 
land; she  learned  dress  making  when  a  young  girl  and  later  made  sev- 
eral tours  of  England  as  a  maid  and  companion  to  a  lady  of  rank; 
became  a  convert  to  "Mormonism"  in  1885  being  baptized  together  with 
her  sister  Bertha,  June  17.  1885.  by  Elder  Joseph  S.  H.  Bodell;  the  two 
girls,  accompanied  by  their  mother,  emigrated  to  Utah  In  1885,  and  lo- 
cated in  Salt  Lake  City,  where  Emma  soon  afterwards  cecame  the 
wife  of  Andrew  Jenson,  after  being  raised  from  a  bed  of  severe  sick- 
ness through  the  administration  of  the  Elders.  When  her  husband  was 
filling  his  special  mission  to  all  the  Latter-day  Saint  missionary  fields 
throughout  the  world,  she  met  him  in  Europe  in  1896.  and  made  a  tour 
of  England,  Denmark,  Norway  and  Sweden  in  h.s  company. 


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PARLEY  PETER  JEN SON. 

Son  of  Andrew  Jenson  and  Mary  (Kjersten  Marie)  Pedersen;  born  Aug. 
26,  1878.  in  Pleasant  Grove,  rtah  Co..  t'tah:  removed  to  Sail  Lake  City 
with  his  parents  in  1S82;  baptized  by  Andrew  Jenson.  April  3.  1887.  con- 
lirmed  by  Andrew  Jenson  April  5,  1887;  ordainel  a  Deacon  by  Samuel  B. 
Dallas.  Dec.  27,  1891;  ordained  a  Teacher  by  Arthur  F.  Barens,  Aug. 
L'l'.  1XSI7:  ordained  an  Elder  by  Edward  Partridge.  Aug.  30.  1897;  orJalned 
a  Seventy  by  J.  Golden  Kimball,  Oct.  7.  1897:  tilled  a  mission  to  Scandi- 
navia in  1897-1900;  labored  first  in  the  Aalborg  conference.  Denmark, 
and  subsequently  in  the  Christiania  conference.  Norway;  in  the  latter 
country  he  labored  successively  in  the  Bergen.  Frederikstad,  Arendal. 
Christiania  and  Drammen  branches:  he  acted  as  president  of  the  latter 
and  also  had  charge  of  the  Arendal  branch,  while  operating  there. 


PER  GTSTAF  JANSSON, 

Born  May  27.  1858.  In  Stockholm  Lan.  Sweden;  baptized  Sept.  22,  1887,  by 
Elder  G.  F.  Brodd;  called  on  iv^ay  14.  1888.  to  perform  a  mission  in  the 
Norrland  branch:  was  ordained  an  Eider  Nov.  30,  1888;  was  called. 
May  12,  1889.  to  labor  in  the  Fpsala  branch,  and  then  in  the  Orebro 
branch,  where  he  remained  until  April  7.  1890,  when  he  went  to  the  Up- 
sala  branch,  and  presided  there  until  May  11,  J891.  when  he  was  re- 
leased. He  emigrated  to  America  shortly  afterwards,  and  arrived  in 
T'tah.  June  24,  1891.  EHer  Jansson  is  now  a  resident  or  Murray,  Salt 
Lake  County.  He  says  his  experiences  in  the  Church  have  confirmed 
within  him  the  testimony  of  the  truth  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ. 


CHRISTIAN  JENSEN, 

Born  Sept.  1,  1823,  in  Brandstrup,  Randers  Amt,  Denmark;  baptized  by 
Peter  Larsen  Sept.  23,  1862;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1863;  located  in 
Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  and  later  in  Redmond,  Sevier  Co.  Was  set 
apart  for  a  mission  to  Denmark  April  27.  1875,  under  the  hands  of  Orson 
Pratt.  He  was  assigned  to  labor  in  the  Aarhus  conference,  the  first 
year  as  a  traveling  Elder;  and  the  second  year  as  president  of  that 
conference.  He  and  co-laborers  were  greatly  blessed  In  their  labor, 
150  being  added  to  the  Church  the  last  half  year  of  his  stay  in  that  con- 
ference. When  he  returned  he  had  cnarge  of  110  Saints,  who  emigrated 
from  Aarhus  conference  that  ye.'.r.  }..s  home  is  now  in  Redmond, 
Sevier  County,  Utah.  At  the  time  of  his  mission  his  home  was  in 
Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah. 


JAMES  S.  JENSEN, 

Born  Oct.  2  1851,  in  Sp0rring,  Aarhus  Amt,  Jylland,  Denmark;  was  bap- 
tized by  H.  Jorgensen  in  November,  1862;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1S63, 
with  his  parents.  Christen  and  Barbara  Christensen;  was  called  to  per- 
form a  mission  to  Denmark,  Sept.  26,  1880;  labored  in  the  Aarhus  con- 
ference, and  part  of  the  time  as  president  over  the  Randers  branch. 
In  1888  "Elder  James  S.  Jensen  was  called  to  fill  the  office  of  Bishop 
over  Salina  Ward,  and  this  office  he  still  holds. 


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C11ARLKS  JKNSKN, 

A  son  of  Christian  Jensen  and  Barbara  Christensen.  was  ln>rn  March 
10.  1855.  in  Sprirring.  Aarhus  Anit.  Jylland.  Denmark;  baptized  by  Chr. 
A.  Madsen  in  1863;  emigrated  with  his  parents  to  America  in  186:!,  and 
has  lived  successively  in  Kphraim,  Sanpete  Co.;  Redmond.  Sevier  Co.. 
and  Koosharem.  Pinte  Co.;  was  called  on  a  mission  to  Denmark  In 
October,  1882.  where  he  labored  in  the  Randers  branch.  Aarhus  con- 
ference, for  two  years,  lie  presided  uver  the  branch  the  last  year,  and 
returned  home  in  November.  IXN4.  In  1S8i;.  Klder  Jensen  was  called  and 
set  apart  to  fill  the  position  of  a  Bishop  over  the  Knosharem  Ward, 
i'intc  County,  Utali, 


MARTIN  JKNSEN, 

A  son  of  Christian  Jensen  and  Barbara  Christ eiiscn,  born  Jan.  7.  1S66. 
at  Gunnison.  Sanpete  Co..  Utah;  baptized  in  18iS  by  A.  C.  Nielsen,  at 
Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.;  removed  with  his  parents  to  Redmond.  Sevier 
Co.;  was  called  to  perform  a  mission  to  Denmark,  in  May.  ISiix.  In  re- 
sponse to  the  call  he  is  now  enjoying  his  labors  as  a  presiding  KIder 
in  the  Frederikshavn  branch.  Aalborgr  conference.  I'rior  to  his  de- 
partnre  on  this  mission  he  was  ordaincl  a  Seventy  by  <*.  I).  Fjeldst.  ,i. 
May  is.  ix'.ix. 


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HANS  PETER  JENSEN, 

Born  in  Ny  Hagested,  near  Holbsek,  Sjtelland,  Denmark;  March  3.  1815; 
joinei  the  Baptists  in  1839;  located  in  Aalborg.  Jylland,  and  later  in 
Norre  Sundby,  where  he  established  an  iron  foundry;  married  Ane 
Marie  Clausen,  in  1842,  with  whom  he  had  (our  children;  she  died  in 
1848;  became  a  convert  to  "Mormonism"  and  was  -oaptized.  to- 
gether with  his  wife,  Oct.  27,  1850.  being  among  the  first  truits  of  the 
Gospel  in  that  locality;  was  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  and  appointed 
the  first  president  of  the  Aalborg  branch;  suffered  severe  persecu- 
tions for  the  Gospel's  sake  in  Aalborg  and  elsewhere;  labored  diligently 
as  a  missionary  in  Denmark,  Norway  and  Schlesvig,  and  became  at 
once  very  useful  and  prominent;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1853-54,  and 
located  in  Brigham  City.  Box  Elder  Co..  where  he  figured  as  a  leading 
and  influential  man;  died  in  Bringham  City,  May  29,  1883. 


SARAH  JOSEPHINE  JENSEN, 

Wife  cif  Hans  Peter  Jensen,  is  a  laughter  of  Jens  Clausen  and  his 
wife.  Catherine  Oelerirk;  born  in  the  city  of  Schlesvig,  -n  the  dukedom 
of  that  nane,  on  Aug.  1,  1X29;  was  raised  in  the  Luhferan  church,  and 
had  a  common  school  education;  joined  the  Baptist  church  in  the  year 
1848.  in  Hamburg-;  while  there  again  on  a  visit  she  became  acquainted 
with  Hans  Peter  Jensen,  of  Norrc  Sundby,  Denmark,  whom  she  mar- 
ried in  1S49;  in  1852  she  assisted  her  husband  in  raising-  up  a  branch  of 
the  Church  in  the  city  of  Schlesvig.  her  native  town;  among  the 
membership  were  her  parents  and  several  other  relatives;  she  also 
translated  the  revelation  on  celestial  marriage  from  the  German  into 
the  Danish  language.  She  is  now  enjoying  the  evening  of  life  in  her 
quiet  little  cottape  home  in  Brigham  City. 


CHRISTIAN  JENSEN,  JH., 

Scin  nl'  Christian  Jfiisrn  and  liarhara  Christensen,  wns  burn  Nnv.  17. 
IM;S.  in  Kplii  ;iiiii.  Sanpete  Co.,  I'tnh;  hapHzed  when  eiKiii  years  ol.l; 
moved  with  his  parents  to  Redmond.  Soviet-  <'n. ;  was  called  to  perform 
a  mission  to  the  Samnaii  islands,  nn  tin-  ^tith  of  April.  1S94.  He  re- 
mained absent  on  this  mission  for  three  years  and  a  half.  While  then- 
he  says  he  saw  many  manifestations  of  the  power  d'  the  Almighty. 
He  saw  the  blind  receive  (heir  siKhl.  and  the  sick  healer  instantly.  The 
last  seven  months  of  his  mission  in  (he  islands,  two  hundred  were, 
by  baptism,  added  to  the  Church. 


HEINRICH   PKTER  JKNSEN, 

liorii  March  2.  l.vjs.  at  O.stcrhevor.  SchlesviK:  hap(ized  Feb.  •>.  IsUI.  in 
Fre.lorieia,  Denmark;  t-mitrrated  (o  1'lah  in  Is.'l  and  sealed  in  HriRham 
City,  liox  Klder  Co.:  removed  to  Provo.  I  tan  Co..  in  1S7S;  nlled  a  mis- 
sion to  Kurope  in  ISST-Sit.  laborinj;  in  the  Aarhus  conference.  Denmark, 
an  I  in  (he  ci(y  of  Hamhurw:.  <Jerman\':  returned  home  in  September. 
INNII.  Elder  Jensen  resides  in  Pleasant  View  Ward,  nrar  i'rovo.  t'tah 
Co.,  where  he  is  universally  known  as  a  faithful  member  of  the  Church 
and  a  good  citizen. 


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JACOB  J.  H.  JENSEN. 

Born  May  1,  1853.  at  Bering,  Koldt  parish,  Aarhus  Amt.  Denmark; 
his  parents  embraced  the  Gospel  in  the  year  1853.  ana  emigrated  to 
Utah  in  1857;  crossed  the  plains  in  Chr.  Christiansen's  handcart  com- 
pany; set  in.,  first  in  Goshen.  Utah  Co.;  moved  from  there  to  Mount 
Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co..  in  1862,  where  Jacoh  J.  H.  Jensen  grew  Up  an(j 
was  married  in  1876.  In  1882  he  was  called  to  Scandinavia  on  a  mission 
and  labored  in  the  Aarhus  conference  as  a  traveling  Elder;  was  re- 
leased to  return  home  in  June,  1884;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  in  August, 
1884;  moved  to  Fountain  Green  in  October.  1884,  and  lias  lived  there 
ever  since.  He  has  labored  ;is  a  home  missionary  in  the  Sanpete  Stake 
for  about  two  ye.irs. 


JAMES  JENSEN, 

Born  June  7,  1S41,  in  Haugerup,  Soro  Amt,  Sjeelltmd,  Denmark;  bap- 
tized May  21.  1855.  by  (He  Larsen;  emigrated  with  his  parents  to  Utah 
in  1857,  crossing  the  plains  with  handcarts,  wnd  located  in  Salt  Lake. 
City:  filled  a  six  months'  mission  to  the  States  in  1862;  married  Miss 
Petrine  J.  Sorensen  in  1865;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  Feb.  -.  TS59.  by  \V. 
E.  Wilcox.  and  was  chosen  as  one  of  the  council  of  the  Fifty-seventh 
quorum  of  Seventy;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1XH7-70.  laboring  first 
as  traveling  Elder  in  the  Fredericia  an  1  Aarhus  conferences  and  after- 
wards presided  over  the  Aalborg  conference;  ordained  a.  High  I'riest 
and  set  apart  as  second  counselor  to  Bishop  Leonard  G.  Hardy,  of 
the  Second  Ward.  Salt  Lake  City,  March  30,  1800;  removed  to  Forest 
Dale  in  1S91;  ordained  a  Bishop,  Aug.  26,  18!)B.  by  Joseph  F.  Smith. 
Smith. 


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JAMES  (.'.   JENSEN, 

Born  at  Glimsholt,  Ugilt  parish,  near  Hjorring,  Denmark,  Sept.  9,  1863; 
attended  the  schools  until  he  was  thirteen,  when  h?s  rather,  S0ren 
Peter  Jensen,  joined  the  Cnurch  and  moved  with  his  family  to  Hj0r- 
ring,  where  the  subject  of  this  sketch  attended  a  private  school  until 
the  family,  in  1877.  emigrated  to  Utah  and  located  at  Levan,  Juab  Co. 
There  he  again  attended  school  a  short  Lime,  and  for  a  couple  of 
years  served  as  clerk  in  the  Levan  Co-op  branch  store  at  Juab;  in  1881 
he  entered  the  Brigham  Young  Academy;  Oct.  16.  1884,  Tie  married 
Joannah  E.  Jennings,  of  Levan;  four  living-  children  are  the  present 
issue  of  the  union;  was  elected  county  recorder  of  Salt  Lake  County. 
Nov.  3,  1896,  and  was  re-elected  in  1898.  He  is  at  present  holding  this 
office  and  in  ajdition  .s  instructor  of  penmanship  at  the  Latter-day 
Saints'  College. 


JAMES  PETER  JENSEN, 

Born  June  16.  1859.  in  T0mmerby  parish.  Thisted  Amt.  Denmark;  bap- 
tized in  the  year  1878  by  Elder  Jens  Christensen.  in  the  Aalborg  con- 
ference; was  ordained  an  Elder  and  labored  as  a  missionary  one  winter 
until  in  June.  1879.  when  he  emigrated  to  Zion  ana  took  up  nis  residence 
in  Draper,  Salt  Lake  Co.:  was  called,  in  the  year  1894.  to  perform  a 
mission  to  Denmark;  was  released  after  ten  months'  labor,  having 
rather  poor  health;  was  appointeu  Bishop  of  Crescent  Ward.  Salt  Lake 
r,,..  in  189T),  when  that  ward  was  first1  organized. 


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JENS  IVER  JENSEN, 

Born  in  Jerslev,  Hj0rring  Amt,  Denmark,  AUK.  8,  1846;  son  of  Thomas 
('.  Jensen  and  wife,  Karen  Marie  Iversen;  was  baptizerl  .June  .",.  isiil,  by 
Klilcr  Niels  Mortensen.  In  the  same  year  his  parents  jonled  the  Church. 
Hi-  was  ordained  an  Elder  April  24.  1864;  in  the  spring  or  1S65  his  par- 
ents, with  the  younger  children,  emigrated  to  America;  shortly  after 
he  was  called  to  preside  over  the  Dronninglund  branch.  Wndsyssel  con- 
ference; in  June.  1867.  he  emigrated  to  Utah.  He  marriea  Inger  Jensen. 
a  young  lady  he  had  baptized  eighteen  months  previously.  They 
crossed  the  plains  with  ox  teams  and  arrive:!  in  Salt  LaKe  City  Oct.  5, 
1xii7.  He  lived  at  Ephraim.  Sanpete  Co..  .or  years  and  then  moved  to 
Richfield,  Sevier  Co.  In  isso  he  left  home  for  a  mission  to  Denmark. 
Since  November,  1887,  he  has  presided  as  Bishop  over  Elsinore  Ward. 


JENS  SEVERIN  JENSEN, 

Born  in  Aalsrode,  near  Grenaa,  Denmark.  April  3,  18">2;  baptized  a 
member  of  the  Church  Jan.  1.  1872,  by  Elder  Soren  Madsen;  confirmed 
by  Elder  O.  B.  Andersen;  ordained  to  office  of  Teacher,  June  10.  1872. 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1873.  and  located  in  Salt  Lane  City,  when-  he  has 
since  resided,  being  engaged  in  the  watchmaker  and  jewelry  business. 
He  was  ordained  a  Seventy,  Feb.  7,  1875,  and  acted  as  trustee  of  the 
Eighteenth  Ward  Latter-day  Saints'  Seminary  for  four  years,  and 
also  as  Ward  Teacher  from  1881  to  1899.  March  20.  1898,  he  was  set  apart 
as  second  counselor  to  J.  M.  Sjodahl.  president  of  the  Scandinavian 
meetings  in  Salt  Lake  City,  which  position  ho  still  hnhls. 


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THORVALD  S.  JENSEN, 

Son  (if  Jens  S.  Jensen,  was  born  in  Salt  I>ake  City.  Dec.  22.  1871!.  and 
baptized  Dec.  MO.  1884.  While  still  <iuite  young;,  he  was  ordained  a  Dea- 
con, biter  a  Teacher,  and  was  actively  engaged  as  such  when,  after 

having   been   orbii I    :i    Seventy,    tie  left   on   a   mission   Tor  Denmark. 

Sept.  17.  IXfix.  After  laboring  on  the  island  of  Kornholm  one  year  he  was 
removed  to  VorilliiRborg.  on  the  island  of  S.ja?lland,  and  is  now  labor- 
ing in  Randers,  in  the  Aarlius  conference. 


JENS  W.   JENSEN, 

Horn  Jan.  1.  lx;!!i.  in  K;IIT>-.  Sporup  parish.  Skamlerburg  Amt.  Jylland. 
Denmark;  baptized  March  n.  ixfii.  by  T,ars  c.  (ieertsen:  emigrated  to 

Ttah  and  located  in  Moroni.  Sanpete  Co..  where  he  still  resides  and 
where  he  has  filled  many  responsible  positions  of  honor;  tilled  a  mis- 
sion to  Denmark  in  Ivv~,-x7.  laboring;  in  the  Aarhns  conference,  part  of 
the  time  as  presijent  of  the  Ve.ile  branch:  while  acting  in  the  latter 
calling  the  police  officers  took  steps  toward  having  him  vanished  from 
the  country:  hence,  his  field  of  operations  was  changed  to  the  Randi-rs 
branch,  where  lie  finished  his  mission. 


JOHAN  ANDREAS  JENSEN, 

Born  Nov.  16,  1795,  near  Frederikstad,  Norway,  lost  his  rather  when 
five  years  old  and  went  to  sea;  during  the  following  twenty-four  years 
he  advanced  from  cabin  boy  to  the  captaincy  of  a  large  ship  and 
navigated  nearly  all  parts  rf  the  world;  in  18-19  he  became  deeply  im- 
pressed with  religion,  gave  nearly  all  his  goo3s  to  the  poor  and 
preached  repentance;  in  his  great  zeal  he  rebuked  the  king  and  was 
imprisoned  in  Frederikstad.  at  the  same  time  that  the  "Mormon" 
Jders  were  imprisoned  there  for  preaching;  from  them  he  learned  the 
principles  of  the  Gvi>,j<-,  and  was  I'aptized  by  Carl  Widerborg,  Feb.  25, 
1854:  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1863  and  located  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co. 
Where  he  resided  till  his  death,  Jan.  26,  1882. 


JOSEPH  ^OUNG  JENSON. 

Son  of  John  Andrew  and  Andrea  Jenson;  born  at  Frederikstad,  Nor- 
way. March  21,  1857;  when  six  years  old.  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  with 
his  parents  in  a  sailing  vessel  and  came  to  America  in  1863.  With 
his  father  and  mother  he  crossed  the  plains  as  a  member  of  the  ox 
team  company,  walking  the  greater  part  of  1,200  miles;  arrived  in  Salt 
Lake  City  in  the  fall  of  1863.  Ephraim.  Sanpete  Co..  became  his  home 
the  following  year.  Being  studious  he  took  advantage  of  the  oppor- 
tunities of  the  pioneer  school  room  and  became  a  graduate  of  the  B. 
Y.  Academy  in  the  spring  of  1889;  was  selectei  by  the  faculty  to  offer 
the  valedictory  of  the  Normal  class  of  that  year.  He  is  at  present 
counselor  to  Bishop  Chajlos  R.  Dorius,  of  Ephraim. 


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MADS  JENSEN, 

Was  baptized  on  Nov.  24,  1853.  and  was  ordained  a  Teacher  in  the 
beginning  of  1854,  and  a  Priest  in  October,  that  year.  When  the  Aarhus 
branch  was  organized,  he  was  appointed  to  preside  and  to  preach  the 
Gospel.  During  the  time  he  was  engaged  in  this  labor,  lie  suffered 
much  persecution,  but  the  Lord  sustained  him  in  the  work.  In  the 
year  1857  he  was  released,  and  left  Aarhus  April  12.  for  America.  He 
was  37  clays  on  the  Atlantic,  and  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City.  Sept.  15, 
1857,  after  crossing  the  plains  in  Chr.  Christiansen's  handcart  company. 
Brother  Jensen  now  resides  in  Mt.  Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah. 


PETER  CHRISTIAN  JENSEN. 

Born  April  24,  1830.  in  Kolby.  Aalborg  Amt,  Denmark;  joined  the 
Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints  in  the  fall  of  1860  and 
married  his  now  surviving  widow,  in  1861;  they  emigrated  to  L  tah  in 
1862.  and  located  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.  In  1885  he  was  called  to 
perform  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  and.  after  arriving  there,  was  ap- 
pointed to  labor  in  the  Aalborg  conference,  where  he  spent  about  two 
years.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Forty-seventh  quorum  of 
Seventy  till  shortly  before  his  death,  and  was  ordained  a  High  Priest 
on  March  5,  1900,  under  the  hanjs  of  Apostles  Francis  M.  L-yman  and 
Anton  H.  Lund,  while  on  his  death  bed.  He  died  in  Ephraim.  April  6. 
1900,  leaving  four  children  and  his  widow  to  mourn  h:s  Ceparture;  he 
was  a  man  much  respected  and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him. 


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SoRKN  JENSEN, 

Born  June  14  1S38,  in  Hjorring.  Skanderborg  Amt,  Denmark,  as  the 
second  son  of  Jens  Peter  and  Ane  Kjerstine  Sorensen:  baptized  by  Jens 
Hansen.  Oct.  12.  1857;  ordained  a  Teac  her.  Nov.  1,  1857.  an3  labored  as  a 
local  missionary  more  or  less  for  about  two  years;  emigrated  to  Utah 
in  1860.  and  located  in  Salt  Lake  City;  tilled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in 
1876-78;  labored  first  in  the  Copenhagen  conference,  and  subsequently 
presided  over  the  Aarhus  conference;  finished  his  missionary  labors  un 
the  island  of  Bornholm;  after  his  return  he  labored  at  his  trade  as  a 
carpenter  in  Salt  Lake  City  until  1884.  when  he  was  called  to  go  to 
Arizona,  where  he  stayed  for  two  years,  built  a  tithing  office  and  Re- 
lief Society  hall,  after  which  time  he  was  called  to  the  San  Juan  Stake 
where  he  now  resides  and  has  lived  for  the  last  fourteen  years. 


S0REN  P.  JKNSKN. 

Born  Aug.  17.  1S4.'!.  in  Farre.  near  Aarhus.  Denmark;  joined  the  Church 
of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints  in  January,  IsiH.  and  emigrated 
the  same  year  to  I'tah  and  settled  in  Kphraim,  Sanpete  Co.  In  ISMi  he 
went  to  the  Missouri  river  after  emigrants.  At  that  season  the  cholera 
plague  caused  much  trouble  to  the  expedition,  and  many  deaths.  After 
his  return  home  he  married,  and  in  1SS9  he  was  called  to  take  a  mission 
to  Scandinavia,  which  mission  lie  filled  honorably  and  returned  in 
1SHO.  after  being  away  about  twenty  months.  At  home  he  has  lic-rn 
an  active  worker  in  the  Sunday  School  cause  for  about  twenty-seven 
years,  and  is  still  continuing;  he  is  also  laboring  as  a  teacher  in  the 
Ephraim  South  Ward  and  has  held  other  responsible  positions. 


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JAMES  JENSEN, 

Born  July  14.  1S47;  in  Sjpttrup,  Denmark:  was  baptized  in  the  spring 
of  1861,  by  Parley  Thompsen;  came  to  Utah  in  1861,  arriving  in  Salt 
I,ake  City,  Sept.  12,  of  that  year;  lived  in  Mill  Creek  Ward  till  the 
spring  of  186X:  served  in  the  Black  Hawk  war  in  the  summer  of  IMII;: 
moved  to  Bear  River  City  In  the  spring  of  1S68;  organized  the  Bear 
River  City  Sunday  School  in  the  summer  of  1S68:  moved  to  Draper.  Salt 
1-ake  Co..  in  1871  where  he  served  as  constable,  justice  of  me  peace  and 
postmaster:  also  as  Ward  Teacher  for  about  fifteen  years,  and  Ward 
Clerk  some  four  years.  On  May  15,  j.892,  he  was  made  Bishop  of  Sandy 
Ward  and  called  to  locate  in  that  town;  acted  as  Bishop 
till  Jan.  21,  1900.  when  he  was  chosen  as  second  counselor  to  President 
Orrin  P.  Miller  of  the  Jordan  Stake  of  Zion. 


ANDREW  G.  JOHNSON. 

Born  Nov.  1.  1847,  in  Brevik.  Skaraborg  l^iin.  Sweden;  son  of  Jonas 
Johnson  and  his  wife.  Amif  Mafia  Grip:  married  Charlotte  Christim1 
Anderson  in  Ixus.  with  whom  he  has  had  twelve  children,  eleven  now 
living,  six  sons  and  five  daughters;  baptized  April  16,  1872;  emigrated  to 
Vtah  in  1872.  arriving  in  Salt  Lake  City.  Sept.  26;  Nov.  25.  1S72.  he  lo- 
cated  in  Grantsville.  Tooele  Co.,  and  in  187S  moved  to  Pleasant  Grove. 
I'tah  Co.:  was  set  apart  Sept.  3.  1890.  for  a  mission  to  Sweden:  was  as- 
signed to  the  Stockholm  conference,  an!  labored  in  the  Sundsvall 
branch  until  in  January,  when  he  took  sick  with  pneumonia:  after- 
wards he  went  to  the  Gothenburg  conference,  and  laborer  ;n  the  Troll- 
hattan  branch,  where  he  baptized  fifteen  persons:  was  released  Sept. 
1,  1892,  and  had  charge  of  a  company  of  Saints  emigrating  ot  I'tah. 


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CART,  OSKAR  JOHNSON, 

Born  March  2.  1865,  in  Asker.  qrebro  Liin,  Sweden;  baptized  April  20. 
1888,  in  Almunge,  Upland;  orjained  to  the  Priesthood  and  called  into 
the  local  ministry,  laboring-  principally  in  the  Sundsvall  and  Solfvarbo 
branches;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1891,  and  located  in  Murray,  Salt  Lake 
Co.;  in  1897-99  he  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden,  laboring  In  the  Stock- 
holm conference;  he  spent  seven  months  in  the  Stockholm  branch,  then 
labored  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  the  whole  conference  for  six  months. 
and  finished  his  mission  as  president  of  the  Upsala  and  Sundsvall 
branches;  he  was  very  successful  as  a  missionary  and  Daptized  thirty- 
eight  souls. 


JOHN  JOHNSON, 

Born  at  Ostere  Sveen.  Hedemarken,  Norway,  June  7,  1849;  emigrate!  to 
Utah  in  1864;  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  the  sailing  vessel.  "The  Monarch 
of  the  Sea;"  crossed  the  plains  with  ox  teams.  Patriarch  John  Smith 
being  captain;  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City  in  October;  settled  in  Provo, 
Utah  Co.,  where  his  present  place  of  residence  is.  He  crossed  the 
plains  for  emigrants  in  18K8.  On  June  13,  1870.  he  married  Ingrid 
Sward.  When  the  Ward  in  which  he  lives  was  organized  in  1877,  he 
was  called  to  act  as  presiding  Teacher.  In  October,  1889.  he  left  home 
for  a  mission  to  Norway,  where  he  labored  in  Frederikshald,  Eidsvold. 
an3  Christiania.  He  presided  over  the  conference,  after  the  release  of 
Elder  Ole  H.  Berg.  In  the  latter  part  of  October.  1891.  he  was  released 
and  arrived  home  In  November  that  year.  In  1892  he  was  ch-sen  Bishop 
of  Lake  View  Ward,  a  position  he  now  holds. 


HANS  PETER  JEPPESEN, 

Born  In  Odense.  Fyen.  Denmark.  March  .'SO,  1860;  was  baptized  Nov.  11, 
1871;  labored  as  a  local  missionary  during  the  winter  of  18'/7-78.  He  is 
now  a  wealthy  business  man  of  Odense,  and  his  tithings  and  donations 
have  for  many  years  been  a  great  help  to  the  missionary  work  on  the 
island  of  Fyen;  In  iviT  he  purchased  the  building  In  wnich  the  meet- 
ing hall  and  headquarters  <ii'  the  branch  are  comfortably  located,  and 
kept  at  bis  expense.  He  visile  1  rtah  in  1899.  received  blessings  in  the 
Salt  Lake  Terr. pie  and  made  many  warm  friends  while  here. 


JOHN  JOHNSEN. 

Born  Dec.  22,  1867,  In  Copenhagen.  Denmark;  baptized  at  Elsinore. 
Sevier  Co.,  man.  1877:  ordained  an  Elder  In  the  St.  George  Temple.  1881: 
graduated  from  the  B.  Y.  Academy,  1890.  and  (ailed  to  oe  principal  of 
the  Sevier  Stake  Academy;  served  in  that  capacity  two  years.  In  1893 
he  was  called  on  a  mission  to  New  Zealand,  serve!  three  years  and 
Wiis  clerk  of  the  Australian  Mission  two  years;  returnee  in  July,  1896: 
was  married  in  the  Manti  Temple  in  December.  18%;  ordained  a  High 
Priest  and  made  a  member  of  the  High  Council  of  the  Sevier  Stake. 
In  1897  he  was  engaged  as  teacher  in  the  Sanpete  Stake  Academy, 
which  position  he  still  holds.  In  May.  1900.  the  degre  of  D.  B.  was 
conferred  upon  him  by  Dr.  Karl  G.  Maeser,  of  the  general  Church 
board  of  examiners. 


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LARS  F.   JOHNSON, 

Son  of  Hans  and  Marie  Johnson;  born  Nov.  21,  1858,  on  the  island  c 
Sjjelland,  Denmark;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1868;  was  baptize!,  Oct.  18. 
1868,  by  Knud  Mortensen.  confirmed  the  same  day  by  L.  C.  Christensen; 
ordained  an  Elder,  Feb.  15.  1882,  and  a  Seventy,  March  8,  1885,  by  W.  K.. 
Hvde-  was  called  on  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1891.  labored  on  Falster. 
in"  Copenhagen  conference  till  Oct.  19.  1S91.  when  he  was  called  to  pre- 
side over  the  Aalborg  conference;  returned  home  March  9,  IS9.);  while  a. 
Seventy  he  was  one  of  the  seven  presidents  of  a  quorum  of  Seventies; 
labored  for  years  as  aid  to  the  presidency  of  the  Young  Men's  Mutual 
Improvement  Associations  of  the  Box  EHer  Stake;  was  set  apart  as 
an  alternate  member  of  the  High  Council  in  1899;  Jan.  24,  1900.  after  tin- 
death  of  Bishop  Carl  Jensen,  of  the  Bear  River  City  Ward,  he  was 
called  to  occupy  the  position  of  Bishop  of  said  ward. 


JENS  JORGENSEN, 

Son  of  Jorgen  and  Maren  Jensen;  born  in  Hellevad,  Hjorring  Amt, 
Denmark,  April  18,  1823;  baptized  Feb.  16,  1851:  set  apart  as  a  mission- 
ary in  the  fall  of  1851;  performed  missionary  labor  in  Bornholm,  Loll- 
:in'd  Falster,  Schlesvig.  Fyen  and  Langeland;  presided  over  the  Fred- 
ericia  conference  from  December.  1853.  till  the  spring  or  1857;  emigrated 
to  Utah;  lived  in  Salt  Lake  City  during  the  winter  or  1857-78;  was 
ordained  a  Seventy  that  winter,  in  the  Foryt-first  quorum  of  Seventies; 
in  1858  he  went  to  Ephraim,  and  in  185!)  to  Mt.  Pleasant  where  he  has 
since  resided.  He  took  part  in  military  affairs  in  the  Indian  war;  held 
a  commission  as  ma.ior  in  the  Utah  militia;  has  taken  an  active  part 
in  Church  labor,  acting  as  Ward  Teacher  and  in  many  other  capacities. 
Was  ordained  a  High  Priest  in  1S90. 


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JOHAN  GUSTAV  JSRGENSEN, 

Born  in  Drammen,  Norway,  Jan.  25,  1837;  baptized  Jan.  30,  1858,  by 
Hans  O.  Magleby;  labored  about  four  years  as  a  local  missionary  in 
his  native  land;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1863  and  located  In  Kphraim, 
Sanpete  Co.,  having  married  Serine  E.  Staalesen,  a  native  of  Stavan- 
ger,  Norway;  in  1869  he  married  Anette  Mathilda  Jensen,  a  daughter  of 
riage  by  taking  to  wife  Anette  Mathilda  Jensen,  a  daughter  of  the  late 
Captain  Jens  Andreas  Jensen,  of  Norway.  In  1889-91  he  filled  a  mission 
to  Norway,  where  he  labored  as  a  traveling  Elder;  his  nome  at  that 
time  was  in  Koosharem;  now  he  resides  in  Salina,  Sevier  Co. 


ENOCH  J0RGENSEN, 

Son  of  Johan  Gustav  J0rgensen,  of  Drammen,  and  Serine  E.  Staalesen, 
of  Stavanger,  Norway;  was  born  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah,  Feb. 
26,  1867;  when  eleven  years  of  age,  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Koo- 
sharem. and  later  to  Fish  LaKe.  In  1886  he  enterei  the  B.  \.  Academy, 
and  graduated  from  that  institution  with  honor  in  1889.  In  the  mean- 
time he  taught  school  in  Circleville,  Piute  County,  during  the  winter 
of  1887-88;  Aug.  2,  1888,  he  married,  at  Manti  Temple.  Anna  M.  Berg, 
daughter  of  O.  H.  Berg,  of  Provo.  His  first  mission  was  to  Heber, 
Wasatch  Co.,  to  take  charge  of  the  Wasatch  Stake  Academy  for  two 
years.  On  June  15.  18%,  he  started  from  home  for  a  mission  to  Chicago 
and  to  Scandinavia.  The  summer  was  spent  in  Chicago,  and  that  fall 
he  proceeded  to  Copenhagen.  His  special  labors  were  in  the  musical 
line;  the  last  year  he  presided  over  the  Copenhagen  conference. 


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MADS  J5RGENSEN, 

Son  of  Jorgen  Jeppesen  and  Ane  Johanne  P.  Madsen;  was  born  March 
7.  1827,  in  Erridso,  Vejle  Amt,  Denmark;  baptized  by  Elder  Anders 
Schouby,  June  28,  1853,  in  Copenhagen;  ordained  a  Prrest  in  1853  and 
called  to  labor  as  a  missionary  among  the  Saints  in  Copenhagen  in 
1854;  called  to  preside  over  a  branch  of  the  Church  in  1856,  and  in 
1856  appointed  president  of  the  Lolland  conference;  emigrated  to  Utah 
in  1859;  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City  in  September;  was  ordained  a  Seventy 
in  1861"  was  set  apart  as  first  counselor  to  the  Bishop  of  that  ward  in 
1877;  filled  a  mission  to  the  Northwestern  States  in  1878;  performed  a 
mission  to  Denmark  in  1887-89;  presiding  over  the  Aalborg  conference. 


ELLEN  SANDERS  KIMBALL, 

One  of  the  thre  pioneer  women  who,  under  tne  direction  of  President 
Brigham  Young,  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  Valley  in  July,  1847,  was  a  Nor- 
wegian by  birth.  She  was  born  1824  In  the  parish  of  Ten  in  Thelemar- 
ken.  Her  original  name  was  Aagaata  Ystensdatter,  ana  her  father's 
name  Ysten  Sondrason;  the  family  emigrated  to  America  in  1837,  when 
Ellen  was  about  thirteen  years  old,  and  located  in  Indiana;  subse- 
quently she  removed  to  La  Salle  Co.,  Illinois,  where  Ellen  joined  the 
Church  in  1842;  she  was  married  to  Heber  C.  Klmball  in  the  Nauvoo 
Temple,  Jan.  7,  1846;  shared  in  the  toils  ana  vicissitudes  of  the  exodus 
from  Nauvoo  and  the  perils  of  the  journey  across  the  plains  and  moun- 
tains; she  died  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Nov.  22,  1871.  Sister  Ellen  and  the 
late  Hans  Chr.  Hansen  were  the  only  two  Scandinavians  among  the 
Utah  pioneers  of  July,  1847. 


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JOHN  CHRISTIAN  KJvER 

Born  in  Hals,  near  Aalborsr.  Denmark,  Jan.  12,  1849;  emigrated  in  1854-55 
to  Utah  with  his  parents  who  had  embraced  the  Gospel  in  1853;  the 
family  located  in  Manti,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  Elder  KJser  still  resides; 
he  married  Margrethe  Weibye,  daughter  of  Jens  C.  A.  and  Cecilie 
Marie  Weibye,  Jan.  8.  1872;  filled  a  mission  to  tne  Northwestern  States 
in  1886-87,  and  now  acts  as  an  alternate  member  of  the  High  Council 
in  the  Sanpete  Stake  of  Zion;  Is  also  a  home  missionary,  and  an  ac- 
tive member  of  the  Church  and  the  community.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  performed  missionary  labor  as  a  worker  in  the  Manti  Temple. 


ANDREW  KNUDSEN, 

Born  July  13,  1854,  in  Lojten,  Hedmarken,  Norway,  or  werl-to-do  par- 
ents (Andrew  Knudsen  and  Bergithe  Larsen)  who  embraced  the  Gos- 
pel about  1863,  and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1865;  the  family  locate!  in 
Prove.  Utah  Co.,  where  Elder  Knudsen  still  resides;  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  he  commenced  to  stu3y  music  and  was  a  practical  musician 
for  twenty-live  years;  married  Miss  Chesty  Sward  June  9.  1877,  with 
whom  he  has  had  seven  children;  filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  1887-89, 
laboring  in  the  Bergen,  Hedemarken  and  Arendal  branches;  he  pre- 
sided over  the  two  latter  branches  and  organizes  a  choir  in  the  Ar- 
endal branch:  ordained  a  Bishop  and  set  apart  to  preside  over  the 
Provo  First  Ward,  Dec.  24  1893. 


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HERMAN  KNUDSEN, 

Born  Aug.  20,  1856,  in  Loton,  Hedemarken,  Norway;  his  parents,  who 
joined  the  Church  in  1863,  were  among  the  first  to  embrace  "Mormon- 
ism"  in  that  part  of  the  country;  they  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1864,  and 
located  in  Provo,  Utah  Co..  where  Herman  was  Baptizes,  April  7,  1865. 
by  Peter  Madsen;  ordained  an  Elder  Feb.  15,  1874.  by 
Chas.  W.  Smith;  set  part  to  preside  over  the  Second  quorum  of 
Deacons  Feb.  7,  1879;  married  Amanc-a  Evert,  July  15,  1880;  ordained  a 
Seventy  March  3,  1884,  by  Edward  ^eay;  filled  a  mission  to  Norway 
in  1891-93,  laboring  principally  in  the  ^..rlstiania  and  Frederlkstad 
branches. 


CHRISTIAN  KNUDSEN. 

Son  of  Gudbrand  Knudsen  and  Marie  Andersen,  was  born  Sept.  24,  1856, 
in  Ringsager  parish,  Hedemarken,  Norway;  emigrated  with  his  par- 
ents to  Utan  in  1872;  located  in  Lehi,  Utah  Co.;  baptized  Aug.  30,  1873; 
ordained  an  Eider  in  the  summer  of  187;);  married  Sarah  L.  Ottesen 
Nov.  14.  1879;  ordained  a  Seventy  Nov.  13.  1889;  filled  a  mission  to  Nor- 
way in  1896-98,  laboring  in  the  Ejdsvold,  Stavanger  and  Tromso 
branches;  at  Lehi,  Utah  Co.,  where  Elder  Knudsen  has  resided  since 
1872,  he  has  officiated  as  a  Ward  Teacher  for  many  years,  and  other- 
wise been  active  in  the  community. 


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MATHIAS  KNUDSEN, 

Son  of  Guldbrand  Knudsen  and  Marie  Andersen,  was  born  July  24, 
1859,  in  Ringsager,  Hedemarken,  Norway;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1872 
and  located  in  Lehi,  Utah  Co.,  where  he  still  resides;  baptized  by 
Mons  Andersen  July  23,  1876;  ordained  a  Seventy  June  28,  1895,  by  Ed- 
ward Stevenson;  filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  1895-97,  laboring  princi- 
pally in  the  Heclemarken,  Trondhjem  and  Tromso  branches. 


KAREN  MARIE  PETERSEN  KONG, 

Born  Oct.  12,  1844,  in  the  city  of  Aarhus.  Denmark,  wnere  she  also 
embraced  the  Gospel.  In  the  spring  of  1880  she  was  called  to  labor  in 
the  city  of  Aarhus  as  a  lady  missionary,  in  which  capacity  she  vis- 
ited more  than  three  hundred  families,  selling  Church  books,  distri- 
buting tracts  and  bearing  testimony  of  the  restored  Gospel;  she  also 
acted  as  treasurer  of  the  lady-missionaries;  was  set  apart  at  treasurer 
of  the  Aarhus  branch  Relief  Society  in  1887;  called  to  act  as  first  coun- 
selor and  later  as  president  of  that  society;  emigrated  to  Utah  In 
1884,  and  now  resides  in  Mona,  Juab  Co.,  Utah. 


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MARTIN  PEDERSEN  KTJHRE  (AND  WIFE,) 

Born  in  R0nne,  Bornholm,  Denmark,  Sept.  15,  1838.  In  1S59  he  embraced 
the  Baptist  faith;  on  April  28,  1860,  he  was  baptized  by  H.  C.  Jensen; 
shortly  after,  Oct.  6,  1860,  he  was  called  to  labor  as  a  missionary  in 
West  Sjselland.  He  was  ordained  an  Elder  Jan.  7,  1861;  April  26,  1861,  he 
was  again  called  into  the,  missionary  Held,  and  appointed  to  preside 
over  the  Thorslunde  branch  on  Sjselland;  Feb.  3,  1862,  he  married  Han- 
sine  K.  Jensen.  They  sailed  from  Hamburg,  April  21,  and  reached  Salt 
Lake  Sept.  26.  They  went  to  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Oct.  *,  1863;  Jan. 
21,  1863,  their  first  child,  a  son,  was  born;  Oct.  17,  1865,  they  were  in  the 
field,  having  their  little  boy  with  them  and  a  girl  named  Elizabeth, 
when  they  were  suddenly  set  upon  by  a  band  of  Indians,  who  killed 
the  husband,  wife  and  the  girl. 


WILLIAM  D.   KUHRE, 

Son  of  Martin  Pedersen  Kuhre  and  Hansine  K.  Jensen,  was  born  Jan. 
21,  1863,  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah;  both  his  parents  being-  killed 
by  Indians  at  Ephraim,  Oct.  17,  1865,  he  was  adopted  and  raised  by 
John  Dobbie,  of  Manti.  The  Dobbie  family  shortly  afterwards  removed 
to  Salt  Lake  City,  taking  the  child  with  them,  and  William  removed 
to  Sandy  in  1881,  and  has  resided  there  ever  since.  In  1886  he  mar- 
ried Alice  A.  Drown,  of  West  Jordan.  They  have  six  children.  He 
was  selected  second  counselor  to  Bishop  James  Jensen,  tn  1892;  and 
upon  the  division  of  the  Salt  Lake  Stake  he  was  called  to  the  office  of 
Bishop,  and  was  set  apart  Jan.  21,  1900.  on  his  37th  birthday. 


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ELNIA  HANSINE  LARSEN  1.AMBERT, 

Born  Sept.  13  1838,  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  baptized  Sept.  6,  1850, 
by  George  P.  Dykes;  she  is  undoubtedly  the  first  girl  convert  to  "Mor- 
monism"  in  Denmark;  her  parents,  Hans  Larsen,  and  Elena  Dorthea 
Bensen  Larsen,  were  among  the  first  fifteen  converts  baptized  in  Den- 
mark, Aug.  12,  1850.  The  Elders  held  meetings  in  Bro.  Hans  Larsen's 
house.  Elena  emigrated  with  her  parents  to  Utah,  leaving  Copenhagen 
in  December,  1852,  and  arriving  in  Salt  Lake  City,  in  September,  1853. 
The  family  settled  in  the  Second  Ward,  Salt  i-,ake  City,  wnere  Elena's 
parents  died.  She  entered  into  plural  marriage  with  John  Lambert, 
June  10,  1855;  removed  to  Kamas,  Summit  Co.,  in  June,  1861.  She  is  the 
mother  of  twelve  children  and  forty-seven  grand-children. 


CHRISTEN  GREJS  LARSEN, 

Born  Dec.  17,  1828  in  Grejs.  Vejle  Amt,  Jylland,  Denmarx;  baptized  by 
Andreas  Aagren,  March  15,  1851,  while  in  the  king's  military  service  in 
Copenhagen;  he  preached  the  Gospel  to  his  comrades,  and  after  his 
release  from  the  army  he  labored  as  a  local  missionary  In  Denmark 
about  four  years  and  a  half,  part  of  the  time  as  president  of  the  Born- 
holm  conference;  emigrated  to  Uta-  in  1857,  and  located  in  spring  City, 
Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  for  several  years  acted  as  Bishop;  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  Scandinavia  in  1873-75,  presiding  over  the  Scandinavian  Mission; 
in  1880  he  was  called  to  preside  over  the  Saints  who  had  settled  In 
Castle  Valley,  and  when  the  Emery  Stake  of  Zlon  was  organized,  he 
became  president  of  the  same. 


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CHRISTIAN  J.  LARSEN, 

Born  March  31,  1821,  in  Grejs,  Vejle  Amt,  Denmark;  baptized  Aug.  19, 
1851  in  Copenhagen;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood,  and  called  into  the 
local  ministry;  after  laboring  a  short  time  in  Aalborg  and  in  Sehlesyig, 
he  was  called  to  preside  over  the  Predericia  conference.  He  also  visited 
the  islands  of  Lolland  and  Falster,  where  the  Saints  were  being  se- 
verely persecuted.  In  August,  1852,  he  was  sent  to  Norway  to  preside 
over  the  Brevig  confernce.  but  on  his  arrival  at  Frefterlkstad  he  was 
arrested,  together  with  his  fellow-missionaries,  and  imprisoned.  Be- 
ing released  April  2nd  of  the  following  year,  he  returned  to  Denmark 
and  was  appointed  to  preside  over  the  Copenhagen  conference;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1853-54  as  leader  of  a  large  company  of  emigrating 
Saints  from  Scandinavia.  Brother  Larsen  acts  at  the  present  time  as 
Bishop  of  the  Logan  Seventh  Ward,  Cache  Co. 


CHRISTIAN  PETER  LARSEN, 

Son  of  Peter  Larsen  an3  Anne  Christine  Berthelsen,  was  born  Jan.  10, 
1846,  in  Denmark;  baptized  about  1858;  emigrated  to  I'tan  in  1862,  to- 
gether with  his  parents;  located  temporarily  in  Salt  Lake  City;  mar- 
ried Miss  Mary  Matthews  Dec.  1,  1868.  with  whom  he  has  had  eight 
children;  located  in  Manti,  Sanpete  Co.,  his  present  home,  in  1871; 
filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1891,  presiding  over  the  Copenhagen  con- 
ference; at  home  he  has  been  very  active  and  useful;  he  has  served 
the  city  of  Manti  two  years  as  policeman,  four  years  as  city  marshal, 
four  years  as  justice  of  the  peace,  and  four  years  as  member  of  the 
city  council.  He  has  also  served  as  a  member  of  the  Constitutional 
Convention  in  1895,  etc. 


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L.  GUSTAF  LARSON, 

Born  in  Langtora  parish,  Upsala  Lan,  Sweden,  Feb.  25,  1872;  baptized 
by  Gustaf  Rosengren,  July  15,  1883;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1890,  and  lo- 
cated in  Murray,  Salt  Lake  Co.  Filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1895-97, 
laboring  in  the  Stockholm  conference,  principally  in  the  Sundsvall 
and  Upsala  branches;  he  presided  part  of  the  time  over  the  Sundsvall 
branch.  He  is  at  present  a  faithful  and  diligent  worker  of  the  Murray 
Ward,  Salt  Lake  County. 


JOHN  W.  LAWSON, 

Born  Aug.  14,  1853,  in  Ulricehamn,  Elfsborg  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized 
when  fourteen  years  of  age  by  Svante  Johanson  in  Jonkoping,  and 
confirmed  by  Gustaf  A.  Olson;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1873.  and  located 
in  Murray.  Salt  Lake  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1897-98.  labor- 
ing the  first  year  as  traveling  Klder  in  the  Jonkoping  and  NorrkOping 
branches,  and  the  last  year  as  president  of  the  Gothenburg  conference; 
after  his  return  he  has  labored  as  a  home  missionary  in  the  Salt  Lake 
Stake,  and  now  in  the  Granite  Stake  of  Zion;  he  Is  also  well  known 
as  a  business  man,  being  established  as  a  harness  maker  in  the 
South  Cottonwood  Ward. 


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OLA  NILSON  LILJENQV1ST, 

Born  Sept.  23,  1825,  in  Ignaberga,  Malmahus  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  by 
William  Andersen;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  and  called  into  the 
local  ministry,  in  which  he  labored  about  four  and  one  half  years; 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1857,  and  located  in  Goshen,  Utah  Co.;  filled  a 
mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1859-62.  being  the  first  of  the  converts  in 
Scandinavia  who  returned  from  Zion  to  preach  in  his  native  lana;  he 
labored  as  traveling  Elder  in  the  mission  and  led  a  large  company  of 
emigrating  Saints  to  Utah;  removed  to  Hyrum,  Cache  Co.,  where  he 
acted  as  Bishop  for  many  years;  filled  a  second  mission  to  Scandinavia 
18(3;  appointed  a  general  missionary  and  Patriarch  in  all  the  Stakes  of 
1873;  appointed  a  general  missionary  and  Patriarch  in  all  the  Stakes  of 
Zion,  in  1890. 


NILS  RASMUSSEN  LINDAHL, 

Born  May  18,  1837,  in  Stora  Svedale,  Malmohus  Lan.  Sweden;  bap- 
tized by  John  Holmstad,  Sept.  16,  1857;  labored  as  a  local  missionary  in 
the  Skane  conference  for  four  years  an3  three  months;  emigrated  to 
Utah  in  1862,  and  located  in  Moroni,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  married 
Kjersti  Pehrsdatter,  and  then  removed  to  Ephraim;  next  to  Circle 
Valley,  as  a  missionary  settler,  in  1865;  lost  his  property  during  the 
Indian  war,  and  returned  to  Moroni;  located  in  Union,  Salt  Lake  Co., 
in  1871;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  June  18,  1876;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden 
in  1880-83;  labored  first  as  a  missionary  in  the  Orebro  branch,  later  as 
president  of  the  Stockholm  conference;  filled  a  second  mission  to 
SweJen  in  1893-96.  Elder  Lindahl  is  a  member  of  the  Union  Ward,  Salt 
Lake  County. 


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ANTHON  H.   LUND, 

Born  in  Aalborg,  Denmark,  May  15,  1844;  baptized  by  Elder  Julander, 
May  15,  1856;  at  sixteen  he  was  appointed  president  of  the  Aalborg 
branch  and  traveling  Elder  in  five  other  branches;  emigrated  to  Utah 
in  1862;  went  to  the  Missouri  river  as  a  teamster  after  emigrants  in 
1864;  married  Miss  Sarah  A.  Peterson,  daughter  of  Canute  Peterson, 
in  1870;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1871-72;  managed 
the  Ephraim  Co-op  ten  years;  presided  over  the  Scandinavian  mission 
in  1884-85;  was  twice  elected  a  member  of  the  Utah  legislature.  He  has 
also  served  as  a  Sunday  School  Teacher  and  superintendent;  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  High  Council  of  the  Sanpete  Stake,  as  Stake  Clerk,  as  vice 
president  of  the  Manti  Temple,  etc.;  and  in  October,  1889,  he  was  chosen 
a  member  of  the  Council  of  Twelve  Apostles;  presided  over  the 
European  Mission  from  1893-96;  filled  a  special  mission  to  Palestine  in 
1897-98. 


CHRISTIAN  N.   LUND, 

Born  Jan.  13,  1846,  near  Kolding,  Denmark;  baptized  March  21,  1858;  la- 
bored as  a  missionary  in  the  Fredericia  conference  from  Nov.  7,  1865,  to 
June  1,  1868;  presiding  successively  over  the  Horsens,  Freiericia  and 
Vejle  branches;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1868;  married  Fetra  Antonia 
Marie  Jensen,  of  Odense,  Oct.  9,  1869,  and  settled  in  Mt.  Pleasant.  San- 
pete Co.,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since;  filled  a  mission  to  the  North- 
western States  in  1879-80.  His  first  wife  having  died  in  1882,  he  mar- 
ried Anna  Nielsen  of  Odense,  in  October,  1884;  served  in  the  Territorial 
legislature  in  1889  and  1894,  acted  as  president  of  the  66th  quorum  of 
Seventy;  ordained  a  High  Priest  an3  acted  as  counselor  to  Bishop 
William  S.  Seely,  whom  he  succeeded  as  Bishop,  Jan.  10,  1888;  filled  a 
mission  to  Europe  in  1896-98,  presiding  over  the  Scandinavian  mission. 


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THOMAS  S.  LUND, 

Born  Jan.  15,  1833,  near  Logstor,  Denmark,  and  was  baptized  into  the 
Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints  May  29,  1857;  he  traveled 
as  a  missionary  in  his  native  land  about  four  years  before  he  emi- 
grated to  Utah,  which  he  did  in  1862.  He  first  came  to  Ephraim,  San- 
pete  Co.,  but  afterwards  made  his  home  in  several  other  localities  in 
Utah,  but  finally  located  in  Ephraim,  from  which  city  he  went 
as  a  missionary  to  Denmark  in  1882,  and  returned  after  a  two-years 
mission  faithfully  performed.  He,  like  many  other  missionaries,  had 
almost  stripped  himself  of  all  his  available  means,  but  on  his  return 
he  prophecied  that  in  a  few  years  he  would  be  worth  more  than  double 
his  early  possessions;  and  now  he  declares  that  he  Is  worth  more 
than  ten  times  as  much  as  he  had  before  going  on  that  mission. 


FRED  LUNDBERu, 

Born  April  26,  1855.  in  Trollhattan,  Elfsborg  Lan,  Sweden;  emigrated 
with  his  parents  to  Utah  in  1866  and  located  in  Logan,  Cache  Co., 
where  he  was  baptized  Sept.  10,  1866;  labored  as  a  home  missionary  in 
the  Cache  Stake  of  Zion  for  three  years.  He  has  also  acted  as  a  coun- 
selor in  the  presidency  of  the  Fourth  quorum  of  Elders,  an3  as  a  coun- 
selor in  the  presidency  of  the  Y.  M.  M.  I.  A.;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden 
in  1879-81,  laboring  in  the  Gothenburg,  and  subsequently  in  the  Stock- 
holm conference;  filled  a  second  mission  to  Sweden  in  1891-93,  laboring 
first  in  the  Skane  conference  as  president  of  the  same;  subsequently  he 
presided  over  the  Stockholm  conference;  after  his  return  he  was 
chosen  one  of  the  presidents  of  the  64th  quorum  of  Seventy.. 


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CARL  AUGUST  LUNDELL. 

Son  of  Gustaf  Lundell  and  Britta  Maria  Johnson;  born  Nov.  18,  1859,  in 
Badelunda.  Vesteras  Liin,  Sweden;  baptized  Jan.  27.  1SS5,  by  Charles 
Linjquist;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1886,  and  located  at  Benjamin,  Utah 
Co.,  where  he  still  resides;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  and  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  72nd  quorum  of  Seventy;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  In 
1892-94,  his  fleld  of  labor  being  in  the  Stockholm  conference. 


CHRISTEN  NIELSEN  LUNDSTEN, 

Born  June  15,  1839,  In  Norretranders,  Aalborg  Amt.  Denmark:  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  September,  1878,  and  located  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete 
Co.,  where  he  was  baptized  Nov.  21.  1878;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark 
in  1884-85.  laboring  in  the  Aalborg  conference.  While  there  he  was 
summoned  by  the  police  officers  to  meet  in  court  in  the  city  of  Aalborg, 
where  he  received  an  order  of  banishment;  on  his  arrival  in  Copen- 
hagen, he  was  imprisoned  one  day  anS  then  permitted  to  leave  for 
Amrica.  In  1896-98  he  filled  a  second  mission  to  Scandinavia,  laboring 
in  the  Aalborg  conference,  part  of  the  time  as  president  or  the  Fred- 
erikshavn  branch;  for  many  years  he  has  been  an  active  and  faithful 
member  of  the  Levan  Ward,  Juab  County. 


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CHRISTIAN  MADSEN, 

Born  Dec.  30,  1847,  in  Svenninge,  Pnesto  Amt,  Sjeellland,  Denmark.  His 
parents,  Lars  Madsen  and  Bodel  Larsen,  embraced  the  Gospel  in 
Svenninge  in  1853,  and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1856,  with  tnelr  five  sons 
and  two  daughters.  The  father  died  at  Devil's  Gate  in  crossing  the 
plains,  at  the  time  of  the  snow  blockade.  The  family,  after  residing 
temporarily  in  Kaysville,  Brigham  City  and  Bphraim,  located  perma- 
nently in  Mount  Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co.,  in  1859.  Christian  was  bap- 
tized at  the  age  of  eight,  and  subsequently  ordained  to  the  lesser 
Priesthood;  went  to  Laramie  as  a  Church  teamster  in  1868;  married 
Hannah  Lindstrbm  Poulsen,  Feb.  1,  1876;  went  to  Arizona  as  a  mission- 
ary in  1876,  but  returned  to  Mt.  Pleasant  in  the  same  year;  flllei  a  mis- 
sion to  Denmark  in  1896-98,  laboring  principally  on  the  islands  of 
Sjaelland  and  Bornholm. 


CHRISTIAN  AUGUST  MADSEN. 

Born  July  23,  1822,  near  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  baptize!  by  O.  N. 
Liljenquist,  April  16,  1854;  labored  as  a  local  missionary  in  Sweden  and 
Denmark  about  three  years,  first  as  president  of  the  Stockholm  con- 
ference, Sweden,  and  later  as  pastor  of  the  Fyen,  Fredericia,  Aalborg 
Vendsyssel  conferences;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1858,  and  located  in 
Salt  Lake  City;  ordained  a  Seventy  Jan.  22,  1859;  filled  a  mission  to 
Scandinavia  in  1860-62.  laboring  as  pastor  over  the  Aalborg  and  Vend- 
syssel conferences  and  returned  home  as  leader  of  a  company  of  emi- 
grants; after  his  return  he  located  in  Gunnison,  Sanpete  Co..  where  he 
stilll  resides;  acted  for  a  number  of  years  as  a  member  of  the  San- 
pete Stake  High  Council,  appointed  acting  Bishop  of  Gunnison,  May 
13,  1876;  ordained  a  Bishop  July  4,  1877,  and  a  Patriarch  March  3,  1900; 
he  has  also  filled  numerous  positions  in  a  civil  and  military  capacity. 


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JACOB  MADSEN, 

Born  Jan.  6,  1860,  in  Ogden,  Weber  Co..  Utah;  baptized  in  Bloomington. 
Bear  Lake  Co..  Idaho,  July,  1868,  by  Elder  Benjamin  Brlnaie;  ordained 
a  Seventy  an3  became  a  member  of  the  Sixth  quorum  of  Seventy; 
filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1887-89.  laboring  in  the  Aalborg  confer- 
ence, part  of  the  time  as  president  of  the  Aalborg  branch. 


LARS  (LOUI3)  MADSEN. 

Born  Nov.  27,  1846,  on  the  island  of  Fateter,  Denmark;  joined  the 
Church  in  1863  and  emigrated  with  his  parents  to  Utah  the  same  year; 
located  at  Manti,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  still  resides;  married  Miss 
Elsie  Nielsen,  Nov.  24,  1868,  with  whom  he  has  had  eight  children;  la- 
bored in  the  erection  of  the  St.  George  Temple  from  1874-76;  filled  a 
mission  to  Denmark  in  1894  to  1896  laboring  with  much  success  in  the 
Copenhagen  conference;  shortly  after  his  return  home  he  took  sick 
and  died,  Dee.  30,  1897,  highly  respected  as  a  Saint  and  citizen,  leaving 
a  wife  and  six  children  to  mourn  his  early  departure.  At  the  time 
of  his  death  he  held  the  office  of  a  High  Priest  and  presided  over  the 
Scandinavian  meetings  in  Mantl. 


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LARS  PETER  MADSEN, 

Born  Dec.  14.  1858,  in  Ephralm,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah,  his  parents,  (Mads 
Madsen  and  Ellen  Hansen)  had  joined  hte  Church  in  Denmark  in  1855 
and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1857;  he  was  baptized  when  about  eight  years 
old  and  ordained  to  the  different  degrees  of  the  lesser  Priesthood,  suc- 
cessively; ordained  an  Elder  when  28  years  of  age;  ordained  a  Seventy 
and  became  a  member  of  the  Sixty-sixth  quorum  of  Seventy;  labored 
as  a  missionary  in  the  Southern  States  in  1886-88;  ordained  a  High 
Priest  and  set  apart  as  second  counselor  to  Bishop  C.  N.  Lund,  of  the 
Mt.  Pleasant  Ward,  May  20,  1890;  he  still  holds  this  position;  married 
Marie  Sophia  Rasmussen,  Oct.  10,  1881;  he  has  six  living  children,  one 
son  and  five  daughters;  he  has  served  as  a  city  councilor  at  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant and  filled  many  other  positions. 


MATTS  S.  MATTSON, 

Born  Jan.  12.  1836,  in  Ripa,  Ahus  parish,  Christianstad  Lan,  Sweden; 
was  baptized  by  Elder  Andrew  J.  Miller.  March  26.  1866;  ordained  a 
Priest  Aug.  25,  1866,  and  an  Elder  Feb.  22, 1867,  by  John  Fagerberg;  called 
into  the  local  ministry  and  labored  principally  in  tne  L,und,  Karls- 
krona  and  Vexio  branches,  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1869,  and  located  in 
Brigham  City,  Box  Elder  County;  married  Caroline  Nielsen  Oct.  4,  1869. 
and  removed  to  St.  Charles,  Bear  Lake  Co.,  Idaho,  in  1870,  where  he  still 
resides;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1884-86,  laboring  in  the  Skane  con- 
ference; while  laboring  as  a  missionary  in  Blekinge  he  was  roughly 
handled  by  a  mob.  At  St.  Charles  he  has  labored  as  a  Teacher  and  a 
Priest  for  twenty-five  years. 


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PEiER  MATSON, 

Born  March  3,  1831,  in  Herslof,  Malmohus  Liin,  Sweden;  baptized  by 
P.  T.  Nystrom,  May  22,  1864;  ordainei  a  Deacon.  Priest  and  Elder 
successively  and  labored  as  a  local  missionary  in  the  Malmo  branch; 
subsequently  he  labored  as  a  missionary  in  the  province  of  Blekinge 
for  six  montns,  in  Helsinborg  nine  months  and  in  Christianstad  and 
surrounding  districts  six  months,  after  which  he  presided  over  the 
Malmo  branch,  until  he  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1873;  located  in  Mt. 
Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co.;  ordained  a  Seventy  Aug.  7,  1884;  filled  a  mission 
in  Sweden  in  1885-87,  laboring  in  the  Skane  conference,  part  of  the  time 
as  president  of  the  Christianstad  branch  and  later  as  president  of  the 
Skane  conference;  ordained  a  High  Priest  and  set  apart  as  first  coun- 
selor in  the  Bishopric  in  the  Mt.  Pleasant  Ward  May  20,  1890. 


PETER  MADSEN, 

Born  Oct.  11,  1818,  Thorslunde,  Kundby  parish,  Holbsek  Amt,  Sjjelland, 
Denmark;  was  baptized  Oct.  29,  1851;  ordained  a  Teacher  Feb.  22,  1852. 
by  John  E.  Forsgren,  a  Priest  April  11,  1852,  by  F.  C.  SOrensen,  and  an 
Elder  Oct.  17,  1852.  by  Peter  O.  Hansen;  loaned  Erastus  Snow  means 
to  help  on  the  missionary  work;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  John  E.  Fors- 
gren's  company  in  1852-63;  located  as  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  at 
Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  has  since  resided;  ordained  a  Seventy 
May  17,  1857,  passed  through  the  Black  Hawk  war  troubles;  has  as- 
sisted in  building  three  fort  walls,  three  school  houses,  three  meet- 
ing houses,  and  two  Temples;  was  ordained  a  High  Priest  Feb.  17, 
1890,  by  Canute  Peterson,  and  set  apart  as  a  counselor  In  the  presi- 
dency of  the  High  Priests  in  the  Sanpete  Stake,  Marcn  4,  1900. 


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PETER  HENNING  ivlADSEN, 

Born  Oct.  1,  1847,  in  Virket,  on  the  Island  of  Falster,  Maribo  Amt, 
Denmark;  baptized  by  Anders  Larsen  in  1865;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1866 
and  located  in  Manti,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since; 
married  Maria  Hansen,  of  Manti,  in  1870;  fillei  a  mission  to  Scandi- 
navia in  1898,  laboring  in  tne  Copenhagen  conference,  on  the  islands  of 
Lolland  and  Falster;  after  laboring  a  few  months  his  health  failed,  in 
consequence  of  which  he  was  released  from  his  mission  and  returned 
home  in  July  or  the  same  year.  juMer  Mausen  acted  as  president  of 
the  first  Elders'  quorum  of  the  Sanpete  Stake  for  a  number  of  years, 
and  has  filled  many  responsibilities  in  the  community  in  which  he  has 
resided. 


HANS  OLSEN  MAGLEBY. 

Born  April  14,  1835,  in  Dragor,  Amager,  Copenhagen  Amt.  Denmark;  em- 
braced the  Gospel  when  twenty  years  old  in  Denmark;  oraained  an 
Elder  and  called  into  the  active  ministry  in  1856;  labored  a  short  time 
on  the  island  of  Amager;  called  to  Norway,  where  he  labored  diligently 
as  a  missionary  over  two  years,  suffered  severe  persecutions  and  fre- 
quent imprisonments  for  the  Gospel's  sake;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1859; 
married  Marie  Christensen  May  8,  1859.  en  route;  crossed  the  plains 
with  handcarts;  located  in  Brigham  City,  later  in  Weuer  Valley  and 
in  1875  in  Monroe.  Sevier  Co..  his  present  home;  presIJed  over  the 
Uniter  Order  in  Monroe;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia,  laboring  in 
Norway  and  in  the  Copenhagen  conference,  Denmark;  is  the  father  of 
twenty-one  children. 


PETER  W.  MADSEN, 

Born  in  Fredericia,  Denmark,  Nov.  4,  1852;  baptized  into  the  "Mormon" 
Church  when  nine  years  of  age,  and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1875;  located 
in  Salt  Lake  City  where  he  engaged  in  business,  and  is  now  one  of 
the.  prominent  business  men  of  that  city.  ±ie  is  the  proprietor  of  a 
furniture  store,  president  and  manager  of  the  Utah  Stove  and  Hard- 
ware Co.,  and  of  the  Western  Loan  &  Savings  Bank;  vice  president 
of  the  Utah  Commercial  &  Savings  Bank,  and  director  in  the  banks  at 
Lehi  and  Springville;  also  presiaent  and  manager  of  the  S.  L.  Livery 
&  Transfer  Co.  He  has  always  taken  an  active  and  prominent  part 
in  affairs  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the  Scandinavians  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  assisting  by  advice  and  deeds. 


ELISE  CHRISTINE  MADSEN, 


Wife  of  Peter  W.  Madsen,  was  born  in  Ejby,  near  Odense,  Fyen.  Den- 
mark, March  12,  1855;  joined  the  Church  in  1874,  and  witn  her  husband 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1875.  She  has  been  an  active  Church  member  all 
her  life,  and  has  been  prominent  in  benevolent  and  charitable  under- 
takings, especially  so  in  matters  pertaining  to  her  country  people,  al- 
ways being  ready  to  assist  them  in  every  way  possible. 


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HAMNER  MAGLEBY, 

Son  of  Hans  O.  Mag-leby  and  Marie  Christensen,  was  born  Feb.  24,  1867, 
at  Milton,  Morgan  County,  Utah;  lost  his  mother  T>y  death  when 
eight  months  old,  and  was  brought  up  by  the  care  of  Eliza,  his  father's 
second  wire;  baptized  when  eight  years  old  at  Monroe,  Sevier  County; 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  he  came  near  losing  his  life  by  the  accidental 
discharge  of  a  shot-gun,  but  was  healed  by  the  power  at  God  through 
the  administration  of  the  Elders;  spent  four  years  as  a  student  in  the 
B.  Y.  Academy  at  Provo;  acted  as  principal  teacher  at  the  public  school 
at  Monroe;  filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  1893-95,  on  which  he  was  very 
successful  in  gathering  his  mother's  genealogy  in  the  city  of  Kongs- 
berg;  shortly  after  his  return  home,  he  took  sick  and  died  at  Monroe, 
Jan.  3,  1896. 


JOHN  EPHRAIM  MAGLEBY. 

Son  of  Hans  O.  Magleby  and  Marie  Christensen,  was  born  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  Nov.  27,  1862;  lost  his  mother  by  death  when  five  years  old; 
was  baptized  at  the  age  of  eight;  removed  with  his  father's  family  to 
Monroe,  Sevier  Co.,  in  1875;  married  Jane  A3am  Warnock.June  12,  1885; 
filled  a  mission  to  New  Zealand  in  1885-89;  labored  as  a  home  mission- 
ary in  the  Sevier  Stake  of  Zion  from  1889  to  1890;  called  on  a  second 
mission  to  New  Zealand  in  1898,  where  he  now  acts  as  president  of  the 
New  Zealand  Mission.  On  his  first  mission  to  New  Zealand  he  acquired 
the  Maori  language  to  a  high  degree  of  perfection;  both  at  home  and 
abroad  he  has  spent  much  time  in  the  interest  of  the  Cnurch,  yet  the 
Lord  has  blessed  him  abundantly  with  means;  he  was  one  of  the 
Stake  Tabernacle  committee  of  the  Sevier  Stake  and  donated  liberally. 


LAWRENCE  C.   MARIGER   (MARIAGER), 

Born  Oct.  8,  1848,  near  Hj0rring,  Denmark;  was  baptized  April  23,  1860, 
and  emigrated  the  same  year  with  his  mother  and  three  children  to 
Utah.  They  crossed  the  plains  with  their  own  team,  and  went  to  South- 
ern Utah— to  Dixie— to  live.  Brother  Mariger,  later  on,  settled  at 
Kanab,  Kane  Co.,  from  which  place  he  was  called  on  a  mission  to 
Denmark  in  1879.  He  first  labored  in  Hjprring  and  later  in  Aalborg. 
After  his  return  home  he  acted  as  Bishop's  counselor,  superintendent 
of  Sabbath  School;  president  of  Y.  M.  M.  I.  A.;  Stake  clerk  and  clerk 
of  the  High  Council,  and  Bishop  at  Kanab;  was  county  clerk  and  re- 
corder; county  assessor  and  collector;  president  of  the  Kanab  Irriga- 
tion Company;  superintendent  of  Kanab  Mercantile  and  Manufactur- 
ing Company;  superintendent  of  the  Kanab  Co-op  Stock  Company.  He 
now  resides  in  Farmers'  Ward,  Salt  Lake  City. 


ANDREW  NIELS  MICHAELtEN, 

Born  Nov.  22,  1850,  in  Lyngby,  near  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  baptized  in 
Copenhagen;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1864,  and  located  in  Gunnison,  San- 
pete  Co.;  ordained  an  Elder  by  Alonzo  L.  Raliegh  in  1869;  ordained  a 
Seventy  by  Carl  Olson  in  1884;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1885-86, 
laboring  in  the  Copenhagen  conference,  principally  on  the  islands  of 
Lolland  and  Falster;  died  Aug.  20,  1889,  at  Mayfield,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah. 


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CHRISTIAN  M.  MICKELSON, 

Born  Feb.  4,  1873,  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah,  or  goodly  Scandi- 
navian parents,  with  whom  he  removed  to  Redmond,  Sevier  Co.,  his 
present  home;  baptized  when  about  eight  years  old;  ordained  to  the 
Priesthood;  fllled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1897-99,  laboring  in  the 
Aarhus  conference,  principally  in  the  Esbjerg,  Horsens  and  Odense 
branches.  While  on  this  mission  he  witnessed  many  manifestations 
of  the  power  of  God  in  the  healing  of  the  sick  and  in  striking  answer 
to  prayers. 


NIELS  MIKKELSEN, 

Born  Jan.  31,  1850,  in  Thorup.  near  Randers,  Denmark,  being  the  fifth 
of  his  mother's  eleven  children;  was  baptized  June  8.  1879,  while  in  the 
service  of  "Koncejlspresident,"  Estrup;  ordained  a  Priest  by  Niels 
Wilhelmsen  and  called  into  the  local  ministry  Nov.  1.  1879;  labored  in 
the  Randers  Dranch  until  June,  1881,  when  he  emigrated  to  Utah;  lo- 
cated in  Fountain  Green,  Sanpete  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in 
1885-87,  presiding  over  the  Aalborg  conference.  Elder  Mikkelsen  is  still 
an  active  and  faithful  member  of  the  Fountain  Green  -\Vard. 


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PETER  MOGENSEN, 

Son  of  Lars  Mogensen  and  Christine  Jensen,  was  born  April  8.  1830, 
at  Rudkjobing  Mollemark,  on  the  island  of  Lang-eland,  Denmark;  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  Svendstrup,  Sjaelland,  where  he  and  his  wife 
anj  parents  were  baptized.  March  9.  1853;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood 
and  presided  over  the  Svendstnip  branch  about  one  and  one-half 
years:  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1855;  participated  in  the  Echo  Canyon 
war;  located  in  Mt.  Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co.,  as  a  pioneer  settler  in  1858, 
where  he  took  part  in  the  Black  Hawk  war.  Among  me  many  posi- 
tions filled  by  him  there  may  be  mentioned  that  of  watermaster,  city 
councilor,  Bishop's  counselor,  etc.  He  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia 
in  1897-98.  laboring  in  the  Copenhagen  conference,  most  of  the  time 
as  president  of  the  Copenhagen  branch. 


JENS  PETER  MORTENSKN, 

Son  of  Morten  Jensen,  born  April  23,  1833,  in  Hjortsvang,  Skanderborg 
Amt,  Denmark;  baptized  In  May,  1859,  by  Peter  C.  Geertsen;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  at  an  early  day,  and  was  for  many  years  a  resident  of 
Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  was  ordained  a  Seventy  and  labored  for 
many  years  as  a  counselor  to  Anders  W.  Winberg  in  the 
presidency  of  the  Scandinavian  meetings;  filled  a  mission  to  the 
the  Scondinavian  meetings;  filled  a  mission  to  the  United  States  in 
1877,  laboring  principally  in  the  States  of  Iowa,  Nebraska.  Dakota  and 
Minnesota;  in  1899  he  was  called  on  a  mission  to  Scandinavia,  where  he 
is  now  laboring. 


JENNIE  C.   MORTENSEN, 

Born  in  Paris,   Bear  Lake  Co.,   Idaho;   baptized  by  her  father,   John 
P.  Mortensen;  removed  to  Salt  Lake  City  with  her  parents  when  quite 
young,  and  there  she  has  resided  ever  since  in  the  Eighth  Ward;  she 
has  been  an  ardent  worker  in  the  Sunday  School  and  the  Y.  L.  M.  I.  A. 
work;  has  also  been  an  officer  in  the  Primary  Association  ani   Relief 
Society.    In  1899  she  received  a  call  to  go  on  a  mission  to  Scandinavia; 
in  response  to  this  call  she  was  set  apart  for  a  mission  «o  that  country 
Aug.  4,  1899,  and  took  her  departure  the  following  day  for  her  field  of 
labor.     She  is  perhaps  the  first  woman  ever  set  apart  as  a  regular 
missionary  to  Scandinavia:  her  first  field  of  labor  was  tne  Aarhus  con- 
ference, Denmark,  and  she  is  now  laboring  in  the  city  of  Copenhagen. 


NIELS   (.'.    MORTENSEN. 

Son  of  Martin  Nielsen  and  Inger  Petersen,  was  born  July  4,  1834,  In 
Nykj0bing  on  SJEelland,  Denmark;  baptized  in  1856,  by  H.  P.  Lund,  and 
emigrated  to  Utah  some  time  afterwards;  fille:!  a  mission  to  Den- 
mark in  1883-85;  died  in  Huntsville,  Weber  Co.,  Utah,  Sept.  22,  1898, 


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PETER  F.  MADSEN, 

Born  Aug.  10,  1843,  on  Lolland,  Denmark;  was  baptized  by  Jens  Jensen 
Nov.  IT,  1856;  emigrated  from  Denmark  in  1857  and  arrived  in  Utah  in 
1860;  located  in  Brigham  City,  where  he  still  resides  and  where  he  has 
tilled  many  responsible  positions,  both  ecclesiastical  and  secular;  he 
also  acted  as  probate  judge  of  Box  E13er  Co.  for  a  number  of  years. 
In  1870-73  he  flllei  a  mission  to  Scandinavia,  during  which  he  presided 
over  the  Copenhagen  conference  and  also  assisted  in  the  business  de- 
partment of  the  mission  office  in  Copenhagen. 


ADOLPH    M.    NIELSEN 

Born  June  10.  1848,  in  Christiania,  Norway;  married  Mathea  Hansen 
Mork,  Nov.  19,  1869.  in  Christiania;  baptized  together  with  his  wife,  by 
Niels  Isaksen,  Jan.  10,  1S70;  ordained  a  Teacher  and  subsequently  an 
Elder;  emigrated  to  America  in  1871.  and  after  spending  two  years  in 
Michigan,  arrived  in  Utah  in  1873;  located  in  Hyrum,  Cache  Co.;  or- 
dained a  Seventy;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1891-93.  laboring  in 
the  Copenhagen  conference,  Denmark,  and  the  Cnristiania  conference. 
Norway;  he  presided  part  of  the  time  over  the  Bergen  branch;  re- 
moved with  his  family  to  Goshen.  Idaho,  in  1898  where  he  was  appoint- 
ed presiding  Elder  soon  afterwaras;  this  position  he  still  holds. 


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CHARLES  M.  NIELSEN, 

Born  Jan.  26,  1856,  in  Christiania,  Norway;  baptized  in  January,  1872, 
and  two  years  later,  being  then  sixteen  years  old,  was  called  into  the 
local  ministry,  after  which  he  labored  as  a  missionary  for  four  years, 
when  he  emigrated  to  Utah  In  1876,  and  located  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
where  he  still  resides;  in  1883-84  he  labored  as  a  missionary  in  the 
Northwestern  States  Mission;  after  following  the  mercantile  business 
most  of  the  time  as.  salesman,  for  several  years,  he  commenced  the 
study  of  law  in  1893,  and  in  January,  1895,  he  was  admitted  to  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Utah,  as  an  attorney  at  law,  which  profession  he  has 
since  followed;  since  1898  he  has  served  as  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  Salt 
Lake  City. 


CHRISTIAN  NIELSEN, 

Born  Jan.  3,  1832,  in  Hormested,  Hjorring  Amt,  Denmark;  learned  the 
trade  of  a  miller;  served  his  country  in  a  military  capacity;  married 
Christine  Nielsen  in  1856;  managed  a  commission  store  in  the  city  of 
Hjorring  eight  years;  was  baptized  Feb.  14,  1864;  participated  as  a 
corporal  in  the  war  between  Denmark  and  Germany  In  1864;  ordained 
a  Teacher  Nov.  6,  1864,  and  an  Elder  March  j,  1865;  emigrated  with  wife 
and  six  children  to  Utah  in  1865;  after  residing  seven  years  in  Salt 
Lake  County  he  located  permanently  in  Pleasant  Grove,  Utah  Co.; 
was  ordained  a  Seventy  March  30,  1884,  by  Wm.  W.  Taylor;  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  Denmark  in  1885-87,  laboring  in  the  Aalborg  conference;  baptized 
fifteen  persons.  Since  May  8,  1890,  he  has  presided  over  the  Scandi- 
navian meetings  in  Pleasant  Grove. 


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HANS  PETER  NIELSEN, 

Born  Nov.  13,  1859,  in  Rbnne,  Bornholm,  Denmark;  baptized  April  30, 
1874,  by  Ole  Petersen;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1879  and  located  in  Salt 
Lake  City;  worked  as  a  stone-cutter  on  the  Salt  Lake  Temple  for  eight 
years;  ordaineS  a  Seventy  June  9,  1896,  by  John  W.  Taylor;  tilled  a 
mission  to 'Denmark  in  1896-98,  laboring  first  in  the  Aalborg  conference 
and  subsequently  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  and  president  of  the  Aarhus 
conference;  in  returning  to  Utah  he  had  charge  of  a  company  of  emi- 
grating Saints.  Elder  Nielsen  is  an  active  and  faithful  member  of  the 
Twenty-second  Ward,  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  is  also  engaged  in 
mercantile  business. 


JAMES  NIELSEN, 

Born  Oct.  6,  1833,  in  the  city  of  Saeby,  Denmark;  embraced  the  Gospel 
in  the  spring  of  1854;  emigrated  from  Denmark  in  the  fall  of  1864,  to- 
gether with  his  parents,  and  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  Sept.  10, 
1856.  and  located  in  Brigham  City,  Box  Elder  County,  where  he  acted  as 
first  counselor  to  John  Welsh  of  the  North  Wardl,  acted  as  chairman  of 
a  committee  appointed  to  erect  the  first  meeting  house  ever  built  in 
Brigham  City;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1884-86;  after  laboring 
about  one  year  in  Denmark,  he  was  banished  from  the  country,  after 
which  he  labored  one  year  in  the  Arendal  branch,  Norway;  after  his 
return  home  he  located  at  Three  Mile  Creek,  where  he  was  chosen  sec- 
ond counselor  to  Bishop  Perry;  Oct.  25,  1896,  he  was  ordained  a  Bishop 
of  the  Three  Mile  Creek  Ward. 


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JOHN  J.  NIELSEN, 

Born  Dec.  3,  1842,  in  Vester  Skjorringe,  Maribo  Amt,  Lolland,  Den- 
mark; baptized  April  1,  1869;  ordained  to  tne  Priesthood  and  called  into 
the  local  ministry;  labored  first  on  the  island  of  Fyen,  and  later  as 
travel'np  Elder  on  the  islands  of  Holland,  Falster  and  Moen;  subse- 
quently he  presided  over  the  West  Sjalland  branch;  emigrated  to  Utah 
in  1874,  after  laboring  in  the  missionary  field  about  four  and  one-half 
years;  located  in  Brigham  City.  Box  Elder  Co.,  where  he  still  resides; 
filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  188S-89.  laboring  in  the  Copenhagen 
branch  mostly  on  the  islands  of  Sja^lland.  Lolland  and  Falster. 


JBNSINE  C.  P.   NIELSEN, 

A  resident  of  Odense.  Denmark,  visited  Utah  in  1899,  and  was  baptized 
there.  For  many  years  she  has  contributed  liberally  toward  the  sup- 
port of  the  mission  on  Fyen  by  her  tithings  and  offerings.  Among 
other  things  she  donated  an  organ  to  the  branch  and  assisted  in  nu- 
merous oiner  worthy  objects. 


JEPPE  NILSON, 

Born  Oct.  28,  1834.  in  ostra.  Sallerup  parish.  Malmohus  Liin.  Sweden; 
baptized  by  Ola  Nilson,  April  15,  1871;  emigrated  to  I'tah  in  1873,  and 
located  in  Pleasant  Grove.  I'tah  Co..  where  he  has  followed  the  occu- 
pation of  a  farmer  ever  since;  in  1882-84  he  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden, 
laboring  in  the  Skane  conference.  principa..y  .n  the  Christianstad  and 
the  Vidts.jone  branches,  presiding  over  Doth.  While  laboring  in  this 
position  33  persons  were  added  to  the  Church  by  baptism.  At  home 
he  has  acted  as  a  Ward  Teacher  for  many  years,  and  a  first  coun- 
selor over  the  Scandinavian  meetings  in  Pleasant  Grove. 


LARS  NIELSON, 

Born  May  3,  1849.  at  Sondervinge,  near  Randers,  Jylland,  Denmark; 
embraced  the  Gospel  together  with  his  parents  in  May,  1857.  crossing 
the  sea  in  the  sailing  vessel  "William  W.  Tapscott."  and  the  plains 
in  Robert  F.  Neslen's  ox  train;  married  Maria  M.  Christiansen.  Nov. 
Ii7.  1871.  with  whom  he  has  had  thirteen  children;  after  residing  tem- 
porarily at  Spanish  Fork,  Utah  Co.,  he  located  permanently  in  Foun- 
tain Green  Sanpete  Co..  where  he  still  resides;  filles  a  mission  to 
L'enirark  in  1880-82,  laboring  most  of  the  time  as  a  traveling  Klder  In 
and  later  president  of  the  Vejle  branch.  Aarhus  conference;  at  present 
he  is  laboring  as  a  home  missionary  in  the  Sanpete  Stake  of  Zion, 
and  is  one  of  tne  presidents  of  the  Thirty-seventh  quorum  of  Seventy. 


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LARS  L.  NILSON, 

Born  Oct.  1,  1864,  in  Provo  City,  Utah;  baptized  Nov.  3,  1872;  received 
an  academic  education  in  the  B.  Y.  Academy;  ordained  a  Seventy  Jan. 
10,  1890;"  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1890-92,  laboring  principally  in  the 
Trollhattan  branch,  Gothenburg  conference,  and  the  Upsala  and  Norr- 
land  branches,  Stockholm  conference.  In  returning  home,  he  led  a 
company  of  seventy  emigrants  to  Utah.  During  his  mission  he  held 
hundreds  of  meetings,  sold  thousands  of  tracts  and  succeeded  in  bap- 
tizing several  into  the  Church.  At  home  he  has  served  four  years  as 
city  recorder  of  Provo  City;  acted  as  clerk  of  the  High  Council  of  the 
Utah  Stake  since  1896;  was  elected  a  member  of  the  city  council  in  No- 
vember, 1899  and  appointed  president  of  said  council  in  January,  1900. 


LARS  P.  NILSON, 

Born  Aug.  25,  1835,  in  the  city  of  onnestad,  Christianstad  Lan,  Sweden; 
lost  his  father  by  death  when  thirteen  years  old;  left  his  native  land 
in  1852,  and  moved  to  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  where  he  was  baptized 
Nov.  8.  1852;  resides  four  years  in  Alpine,  Utah  Co.,  ana  located  per- 
manently in  Provo  in  the  spring  of  1858;  assisted  in  making  the  first 
road  through  Provo  canyon;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  March  3,  1860; 
made  a  trip  to  the  Missouri  river  in  1861  after  emigrants;  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  Sweden  in  1878-79,  laboring  in  the  Skane  conference,  principally 
in  the  Karlskrona.  Christianstad.  Ystad  ana  ^elsingT>org  branches; 
while  on  this  mission  his  life  was  threatened  by  mobs  a  number  of 
times;  he  was  ordained  a  High  Priest  Feb.  10,  1898. 


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MATHIAS  B.  NELSON, 

Born  March  8,  1829,  in  the  village  of  Vemmenhog,  Malmohus  Lan, 
Skane,  Sweden;  baptized  July  1,  1856,  in  Denmark;  ordained  a  Teacher 
and  an  Eider,  and  was  called  to  labor  as  a  missionary  in  Sweden;  he 
presided  over  the  Gothenburg  branch,  which,  in  1857,  was  organized 
into  a  conference,  and  he  was  called  to  preside  over  the  same;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1859,  crossing  the  plains  with  handcarts;  married 
Caroline  Chappel,  Sept.  4,  1859,  and  soon  afterwards  located  in  To'oele, 
Tooele  Co.,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since;  ordained  a  Seventy  May  9, 
1860;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1872-74,  presiding  over  the  Stockholm 
conference;  ordained  a  High  Priest  and  set  apart  as  a  High  Councilor 
In  the  Tooele  Stake  March  18,  1882. 


NIELS  K.  NIELSON, 

The  eldest  son  of  Mads  Nielsen  and  Marie  Christensen.  was  born  in 
Veddum,  Aalborg  Amt,  Denmark,  Feb.  13,  1874;  emigrated  when  seven- 
teen weeks  olJ  with  his  parents  to  Utah  and  located  in  Pleasant  Grove, 
Utah  Co..  which  has  ever  since  been  the  family  home;  received  a 
liberal  education;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1896-98,  laboring  in 
the  Aalborg  conference,  Denmark,  and  the  Christiania  conference. 
Norway.  At  present  he  holds  the  position  of  an  assistant  superinten- 
dent in  the  Pleasant  Grove  Sunday  School,  and  is  also  presiuent  of 
the  Y.  M.  M.  I.  A.  of  the  same  Ward. 


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NILS  MATS  NTLSON. 

Born,  Aug.  5,  1853,  in  Vanneberga,  Christianstad  Liin,  Sweden;  em- 
braced the  Gospel  in  June,  1870;  emigrated  to  litah,  1874.  and  located 
in  Sandy,  Salt  Lake  Co.,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since;  ordained  a 
Seventy  in  1884;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1891-93,  laboring  in  the 
Skane  conference.  At  home  he  has  held  a  position  or  Sunday  School 
superintendent  for  several  years,  and  has  acted  as  Ward  Teacher 
ever  since  the  Sandy  War3  was  first  organized  in  1882;  acted  for  sev- 
eral years  as  secretary  of  the  Ninety-third  quorum  of  Seventy,  and  on 
April  1st,  1900,  was  set  apart  as  a  president  in  that  quorum. 


NILS  NILSON, 

Born  at  Emilslof.  C'hristianstud  Liin.  Sweden.  Dec.  10.  1853.  Sor.n 
aner  his  birth  his  father  suddenly  left  Sweden  and  mace  his  way  to 
America,  leaving  his  wife  in  very  (..stressing  circumstances,  to  provide 
for  herself  and  child  as  best  she  could;  became  a  convert  to  "Mor- 
monism"  in  1873,  being  baptized  in  Malmo,  Sweden,  Sept.  15.  1873;  or- 
dained a  Deacon,  and  subsequently  a  Priest,  and  callec  to  labor  as  a 
local  missionary;  presided  over  the  Christianstad  branch;  emigrated  to 
Utah  in  1878.  and  located  in  Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  has  resided  ever 
since:  orSained  a  Seventy  Jan.  2.  1884:  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in 
1889-91;  after  his  return  he  located  in  the  Twenty-second  "Ward,  where 
he  now  acts  as  president  of  a  branch  belonging  to  that  Ward  and  also 
as  superintendent  of  the  branch  Sunday  School.. 


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NIELS  PETER  NIELSEN, 

Born  April  10,  1844,  in  Vilsted  parish,  Aalborg  Amt,  Denmark;  married 
Else  Marie  Wester,  March  8,  1867;  baptized,  together  with  his  wife  and 
eldest  son.  Nov.  23,  1853,  by  Thomas  Lund,  emigrated  to  Utah  with  six 
children  in  June,  1884;  located  temporarily  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co., 
and  permanently  at  Elsinore,  Sevier  Co.,  where  he  still  resides;  or- 
dained an  Elder  in  1887  by  August  Kotter;  ordained  a  Seventy  May  8, 
1896,  by  Edward  Stevensen;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  In  1895-97,  labor- 
ing in  the  several  branches  of  the  Aalborg  conference;  called  to  pre- 
side over  the  Scandinavian  meetings  in  Elsinore,  Jan.  14,  1900. 


OLOF  NILSON, 

Born  March  16,  1862,  near  Sjobo,  Skane,  Sweden;  embraced  the  Gospel 
in  the  city  of  Malmo,  Sweden;  emigrated  and  arrived  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  July  12,  1886,  where  he  has  since,  with  unceasing  energy, 
labored  among  the  Scandinavians  as  choir  instructor  and  leader.  He 
is  by  profession  a  monumental  worker  of  high  reputation;  he  had 
charge  of  the  Watson  Bros.  Monumental  Works  for  many  years;  cut 
the  drinking  fountain  standing  inside  the  south  Tabernacle  gates; 
worked  on  the  Salt  Lake  Temple  for  three  years;  cut  the  capstone  of 
the  Brigham  Toung  monument;  designed  and  made  the  onyx  casket 
presented  to  King  Oscar  II,  by  Scandinavians  in  Utah, 


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PETER  NIELSEN, 

Born  Sept.  19,  1840,  in  L0nholt,  Sjselland,  Denmark;  baptized  Feb.  1, 
1865,  in  Christiania,  Norway;  ordained  an  E13er  March  27,  1865,  and  sent 
to  preside  over  the  Risoer  district,  Christiania  conference,  and  later 
to  labor  as  a  missionary  in  Arendal  and  other  cities  in  that  part  of 
Norway.  In  May,  1866,  he  was  sent  as  a  missionary  to  Frederikshald. 
where  he  was  punished  for  preaching  and  baptizing,  with  imprisonment 
twice;  the  first  time  he  spent  five  days  ana  the  second  time  ten  days 
In  prison,  subsisting  on  bread  and  water  fare.  In  that  city  he  forme! 
the  acquaintance  of  his  present  wife,  Bolette  Svendsen,  to  whom  he 
was  married  "May  28,  1868,  by  Elder  C.  C.  A.  Christensen,  and  emi- 
grated with  her  to  Utah  and  locate^  in  Milton,  Morgan  Co.;  removed 
to  Monroe  in  1872;  filled  a  million  to  Scandinavia  in  1892. 


PETER  NILSON, 

Born  Nov.  18,  1840,  in  Sondra  Rorum.  Skane.  Sweden;  joined  the 
Church  May  14,  1854,  and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1859,  crossing  the  plains 
in  James  S".  Brown's  company,  and  located  in  Smithfield,  Cache  Co.; 
in  1879-81  he  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden,  laboring  in  the  Uothenburg  con- 
ference principally  as  president  of  the  Halmstad  branch;  filled  a  sec- 
ond mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1887-89,  laboring  in  the  Skane  conference, 
most  of  the  time  as  president  of  the  Christianstad  and  the  Helsing- 
borg  branches.  Elder  Nilson  is  still  a  faithful  and  active  member  of 
the  Smithfield  Ward,  Cache  Co.,  Utah. 


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PETER  ANTON  NIELSEN. 

Born  May  12,  1843,  in  Odense,  Denmark;  baptized  Feb.  22,  1862,  by  Knui 
Peterson;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  and  called  into  the  local  min- 
istry; labored  in  that  capacity  in  the  L0ve  branch,  Copenhagen  con- 
ference; presided  over  the  Haugerup  and  the  West  Sjaelland  branches; 
was  imprisoned  twelve  days  at  Frederiksvserk  for  preaching  the  Gos- 
pel; emigrated  to  Utah  in  1865;  married  Olivia  Jensen,  Nov.  16,  1865, 
and  located  In  Draper,  Salt  Lake  Co.,  where  he  still  resides;  while 
temporarily  residing  in  Bear  River  City,  in  1867-69,  he  acted  as  branch 
clerk  and  superintendent  of  Sunday  School;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandi- 
navia in  1879-81,  laboring  principally  on  the  island  of  Bornholm,  Copen- 
hagen conference;  filled  a  short  mission  to  California  in  1897;  now  he 
presides  over  the  Scandinavian  meetings  in  Draper. 


AUGUST  A.  NORDVALL. 

Born  Oct.  31,  1851,  in  the  village  of  Kungshusby,  Thorstuna  parish.  Ves- 
teras  Lan,   Sweden;   received  a  religious  training;   in  smarting  out  I 
life  for  himself  he  worked   as  clerk     and   bookkeper     in  a   store 
several  vears;  became  a  convert  to  "Mormonism."  and   was  baptiz 
Feb.  9    1892,  by  Nils  R.  Lindahl;  ordained  a  Priest  April  30.  1882.  and 
called  into  the  local  missionary  field,  laboring  as  a  missionary  in  the 
Stockholm  conference;   ordained  an  E13er  Oct.   11,   1882;   emigrated   t 
Utah  in  1883,  and  located  in  Salt  Lake  C.ty  where  he  still  resides,  and 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Sixteenth  Ward.    His  present  avocation  is 
that  of  janitor  at  the  State  University. 


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A.  G.  NTGEEN, 

Born  July  II,  1845,  in  Rlla,  Vermland,  Sweden;  baptized  by  John  Ander- 
son Quist  July  18,  1868;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1869;  located  in  Grants- 
ville,  Tooele  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1886-88,  laboring  in  the 
Gothenburg  conference.  He  labored  in  the  Trollhattan  ttranch  thirteen 
months,  and  later  in  the  Vestervik  branch;  held  seventy  meetings, 
baptized  six  persons,  and  traveled  on  foot  sixteen  hunared  miles. 


JOHN  FREDERIK  OBLAD, 

Born  Nov.  10,  1841,  in  osteraker,  Sbdermanland,  Sweden;  baptized  by 
Gustaf  A.  Olson,  April  1,  1859;  ordained  to  the  lesser  Priesthood  in  1860 
and  called  into  the  local  ministry;  ordained  an  Wider  Aug.  23,  1862,  by 
Nils  C.  Flygare;  labored  as  a  missionary  in  the  Stockholm  conference 
about  four  years;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1865,  and  located  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  where  he  still  resides;  Jan.  19,  1867,  he  married  Marie  Magdalene 
Larsen,  a  daughter  of  Hans  j-,arsen  and  Elina  Oorthea  Bensen,  who 
were  among  the  first  fifteen  baptized  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark.  He 
was  ordained  a  Seventy  Oct.  15,  1873,  and  has  for  several  years  past 
acted  as  president  of  the  Tenth  quorum  of  Seventies;  tilled  a  mission 
to  Sweden  in  1873-74,  laboring  first  as  traveling  Elder  and  later  as 
president  of  tne  Stockholm  conference. 


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MARY  MAGDALENE  OBLAD, 

Daughter  of  Hans  Larsen  and  his  wife  Eline  Dorthea  Strbmberg 
Benson;  born  March  11,  1847;  was  one  of  the  fhree  children  flrst  blessed 
Aug.  18,  1850;  six  days  after  the  first  baptism;  emigrated  with  her 
family  in  1852,  and  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City  the  following  year;  was 
baptized  in  Salt  Lake  City;  was  married  Jan.  19,  1S67,  to  John  F.  Oblad, 
and  is  the  mother  of  several  children;  her  oldest  son,  Alexander  H. 
Oblad,  is  now  on  a  mission  in  Sweden.  Sister  Oblad  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Relief  Society. 


ALEXANDER  H.  OBLAD, 

Son  of  John  F.  Oblad  and  Mary  Magdalene  Larsen,  was  t>orn  June  15, 
1880,  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  baptized  June  3,  1888,  by  Joseph  Kedding- 
ton;  ordained  a  Seventy  and  set  apart  for  a  mission  to  Scandinavia 
July  21,  1899,  by  Francis  M.  Lyman;  in  response  to  this  call  he  left 
his  home  in  Salt  Lake  City  soon  afterwards,  and  is  now  laboring  .as  a 
missionary  in  Sweden. 


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CHARLES  LUuVIG  OLSEN. 

Born  June  5,  1856,  in  Christiania,  Norway;  baptized  Sept.  28,  1865;  or- 
dained to  the  lesser  Priesthood  and  called  to  distribute  Church  publica- 
tions on  Sundays  in  different  parts  of  his  native  city;  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Latter-day  Saint  choir  in  Christiania;  emgirated  to 
Utah,  leaving  Norway  June  18,  1872,  and  arriving  in  Salt  Lake  City  July 
17  following;  performed  a  mission  to  Scanainavia  fiom  1891  to  1894, 
laboring  in  the  mission  office  in  Copenhagen.  Denmark,  as  a  writer  of 
"Skandinaviens'  Stjerne,"  also  while  studying  medicine  In  Cincinnati. 
Ohio;  labored  as  a  missionary  in  the  Northern  States  Mission  from 
Sept.  3,  1895,  to  May  17,  1898,  graduated  as  a  doctor  or  medicine  and 
surgery  from  the  Eclectic  Medical  Institute  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  May  10, 
1898;  located  in  Bringham  City,  Utah,  in  18»». 


CARL  BERNHARDT  OLSEN, 

Born  in  Christiania.  Norway,  May  6,  1842;  baptized  June  10,  1858,  in 
Westre  Aken,  whither  his  parents  had  removed;  ordained  to  the 
Priesthood  and  called  into  the  local  ministry;  labored  principally  in 
the  Christiansand  and  the  Stavanger  districts;  in  orier  to  avoid  being 
drafted  for  military  service,  he  was  sent  as  a  missionary  to  Denmark 
in  1865;  here  he  labored  in  the  Hjorring  district  of  the  VenSsyssel  con- 
ference, and  in  the  Thyland  district,  the  Jetzmark  oranch  and  the 
Kj01by  district,  of  the  Aalborg  conference:  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1867, 
and  settled  in  Brigham  City,  where  he  still  resides;  he  filled  a  mission 
to  Scandinavia  in  1887-89,  laboring  in  Norway,  principally  in  the  Ber- 
gen, Trondhjem  and  Drammen  branches. 


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HANS  PETER  OLSEN, 

Born  May  30,  1833,  in  Hvirring,  near  Horsens,  Vejle  Amt,  Jylland,  Den- 
mark; baptized  June  20,  1853;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  and  sent  out  to 
preach  the  Gospel,  laboring:  principally  in  the  Horsens  branch  and  the 
Kolding  district  of  the  Fredericia  conference;  emigrated  to  Utah  with 
the  returning  missionaries  in  1858;  located  as  a  pioneer  settler  in  Mo- 
roni. Sanpete  Co.,  in  the  spring  of  -  J;  married  Ellen  Kirstine  Jensen 
Aagaard,  Jan.  15,  1860;  removed  to  Fountain  Green,  his  present  home,  in 
1867;  filled  a  short  mission  to  Denmark  in  1869-70.  laboring  in  the  Aarhus 
conference;  filled  another  short  mission  to  Denmark  in  1891,  going 
principally  in  search  of  genealogy;  he  performed  missionary  work  in 
the  Randers  branch.  Aarhus  conference. 


HYRUM  OLSEN. 

Born  in  Christiania,  Norway.  Dec.  14.  1868;  emigrated  to  Utah,  together 
with  his  mother,  in  July.  1877,  and  located  In  Salt  Lake  City,  where 
he  still  resides:  was  baptized  when  nine  years  of  age;  as  a  member  of 
the  Salt  Lake  Tabernacle  choir,  he  visited  the  World's  Fair  in  Chicago 
in  1893;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1897-99.  mooring  eight  months 
in  the  Christiania  conference.  Norway,  and  twenty  months  in  the  Co- 
penhagen branch,  Denmark.  In  the  latter  branch  he  also  acted  as  choir 
leader. 


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JOHN  AUGUST  OLSEN, 

Son  of  Christian  Olsen  and  Christine  Nielsen,  was  born  Aug.  21,  1849, 
in  Christiania.  Norway;  baptized  July  6,  1861;  assisted  the  Elders  in 
distributing  tracts  in  the  city  of  Christiania,  where  he  was  also  a 
member  of  the  branch  choir;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1869;  married  Bertha 
M.  Olsen  from  Jelse,  Norway,  July  14,  1873;  with  her  he  has  had  eight 
children;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1893-95,  laboring  as  a 
writer  and  translator  for  "Skandinaviens  Stjerne;"  he  also  led  the  Co- 
penhagen branch  choir;  in  returning  home  he  led  a  company  of  emi- 
grating Saints  to  Zion.  Elder  Olsen  has  resided  six  years  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  four  years  in  Santaquin  and  twenty  years  in  Salem,  Utah 
Co.;  has  labored  as  a  Sunday  School  Teacher  during  the  past  twenty- 
four  years,  and  also  as  a  Ward  Clerk  in  Salem,  Utah  Co. 


LARS  MAGNUS  OLSON, 

Born  May  17,  1851,  in  Arvika,  Vermlands  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  Sept. 
-.  1865,  in  Christiania,  Norway,  by  Ole  Hansen;  emigrated  to  Utah  in 
1868,  and  located  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in 
1878-81,  laboring  in  the  Stockholm  conference,  most  of  the  time  as  presi- 
dent; returned  home  as  leader  of  a  large  company  of  emigrating  Saints. 
He  is  now  a  resident  of  Price,  Carbon  Co. 


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OL.E  CHRISTOPHER  OLSEN, 

Born  Feb.  7,  1S23,  on  the  island  of  Bornholm,  Denmark;  baptized 
March  15,  1852;  ordained  a  Teacher  Oct.  6,  1852,  and  called  to  labor 
among  the  Saints  in  Copenhagen;  ordained  a  Priest  Jan.  1,  1853;  or- 
dained an  Elder  April  6,  1853,  and  filled  a  short  mission  on  the  islands 
of  Sjselland  and  Bornholm;  presided  over  the  Copenhagen  branch  from 
1853  to  1857,  when  he  emigrated  to  Utah,  crossing  the  plains  with  hand- 
carts; participated  in  the  Echo  Canyon  war;  ordained  a  Seventy; 
resided  successively  in  Salt  l>ake  City,  Ephraim,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Fair 
View  and  Gunnison;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia,  1867-09,  laboring  as 
traveling  Elder  and  later  as  president  of  the  Stockholm  conference;  re- 
moved to  Mayfleld  Sanpete  Co.,  his  present  home  in  the  spring  of  1895; 
appointed  president  of  the  branch,  and  in  June,  1877,  he  was  ordained 
a  Bishop  of  the  Mayfleld  Ward. 


OLEY  OLESON, 

Born  in  Reslof,  Malmohus  Liin,  Sweden,  Nov.  14,  1846;  baptized  March 
14,  1858;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1864;  and  settled  in  Hooper  Ward,  Weber 
Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1883-85;  after  laboring  in  the  Orebro 
branch  a  short  time  he  was  appointed  president  of  the  Upsala  branch, 
Stockholm  conference,  and  subsequently  appointed  president  of  the 
conference;  while  filling  the  latter  position,  he  was  cited  to  appear 
before  the  tribunals  of  the  city  of  Stockholm,  the  clergy  having 
entered  a  complaint  against  him  for  preaching;  finally,  after  appealing 
the  case  to  higher  courts,  he  was  fined  Kr.  130,  Including  costs, 
which  he  paid.  At  home  home  he  is  an  ardent  Sunday  School  worker, 
and  otherwise  an  active  member  of  the  Hooper  Ward. 


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PETER  OLSEN, 

Born  May  23,  1861,  In  Moroni,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah;  baptized  June  30, 
1871-  ordained  an  Elder  and  married  in  1883;  called  to  take  a  miss 
Scandinavia  in  1885,  where  his  first  field  of  labor  was  in  the  Copenha- 
gen conference;  here  he  spent  eight  months,  after  which  he  labored  in 
the  Aarhus  branch,  Aarhus  conference,  two  months;  finally,  he  j 
sided  over  the  Horsens  branch  six  months;  he  was  honorably  released 
and  returned  home  in  the  fall  of  1887.  In  April,  1899,  he  was  called  on  a 
mission  to  the  Northern  States,  and  Chicago  was  assigned  him  as  his 
field  of  labor;  there  he  is  still  engaged  in  the  ministry.  He  is  a  presi- 
which  he  paid.  At  home  he  is  an  ardent  Sunday  School  worker, 
In  the  Sunday  School  of  the  Moroni  Ward.  His  family  consists  of  a 
wile  and  four  children. 


ARON  G.  OMAN, 

Son  of  Peter  N.  and  Anna  Maria  Oman,  born  July  1,  1840,  on  the  island 
of  Oland,  Sweden;  emigrated  to  Bornholm,  Denmark,  in  the  spring  of 
1847  where  he  was  baptized  April  12,  1852,  and  labored  two  years  as  a 
local  missionary.  In  1857-61  he  labored  in  the  Skive  conference,  part  of 
the  time  as  its  president;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1860,  and  located  at 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  has  lived  ever  since.  He  married 
Anna  E.  Jensen,  Nov.  4,  1861;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  In  the  Sixty- 
sixth  quorum  Dec.  30,  1862;  lost  his  wife  by  death  March  16,  18%,  which 
left  him  a  widower  with  six  living  children;  married  Miranda  Peel, 
Feb  21  1899.  He  owns  a  farm  of  seventy  acres;  is  employed  in  the 
timber  and  has  followed  the  avocation  of  a  sawyer  during  the  last 
twenty-five  years. 


186 


CHRISTIAN  A.  F.  ORLOB, 

Born  in  Odense,  Denmark,  June  30,  1860.  After  passing  through  the 
public  schools  he  obtained  a  position  in  the  office  of  the  estate  of  Glo- 
rup,  Fyen,  which  he  held  for  two  years,  and  subsequently  held  a  , 
similar  position  for  two  years  in  the  estate  office  of  Gjorslev,  Stevns. 
In  1879  he  was  engaged  as  translator  in  the  office  of  "Skandinaviens 
Stjerne"  in  Copenhagen,  anu  in  1880  he  emigrated  to  Utah  and  located 
in  Logan,  obtaining  employment  in  the  office  of  the  I).  O.  M.  &  B  Co. 
In  the  fall  of  1884  he  removed  to  Salt  Lake  City  and  in  company  with 
Andrew  Jenson,  engaged  in  the  publication  of  "Utah  Posten,"  a  Dan- 
ish weekly  newspaper.  At  the  consolidation  of  this  paper  the  following 
spring  with  "Bikuben,"  he  entered  the  employ  of  Z.  C.  M.  I.,  and  is 
still  engaged  with  that  institution.  He  is  one  of  the  publishers  of 
this  album. 


ERASTUS  L.  OTTESEN 

Son  of  Hans  and  Anna  Johanne  Ottesen,  was  born  in  Spanish  lork, 
Utah  Co.,  Utah,  Dec.  28,  1873;  baptized  Nov.  2,  1882.  and  ordained  to  the 
different  grades  in  the  Priesthood;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in 
1897-1900,  laboring  in  the  Aalborg  conference.  His  parents  were  among 
the  early  converts  in  Jylland  ,  Denmark;  came  to  Utah  in  an  early  day 
and  raised  a  large  family  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 


187 


F.  W.  AUGUST  ORLOB, 

Born  in  Eschershausen,  Brunswick,  Germany,  March  31.  1825,  came  to 
DenmarK  when  twenty  years  of  age;  married  and  located  in  Odense, 
on  the  island  of  Fyen.  He  was  baptized  into  the  "Mormon"  Church 
Sept.  27,  1863,  and  for  many  years  his  house  was  a  home  for  the  mis- 
sionaries. In  1876  he  emigrated  to  Utah,  and  located  at  Logan,  Cache 
Co.,  but  in  1888  he  removed  to  Salt  Lake  City  where  his  children  re- 
side. His  ecclesiastical  position  in  the  Church  is  that  of  a  High  Priest. 


MATHILDE  N.  S.  BRAUSTSCH  OKLOB, 

Wife  of  F.  W.  August  Orlob,  was  born  in  Kiel,  Holstein.  Germany. 
Aug.  18,  1832.  She  embraced  "Mormonism"  on  the  day  following  her 
husband,  and  with  him  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1876.  Her  life  has  been 
a  very  active  one,  having  been  for  many  years,  and  is  now,  prominent 
in  the  Relief  Society  of  the  Church.  Their  three  living  children  aiv: 
Thorvukl,  Mary,  (wife  of  J.  S.  Jensen),  and  Christian. 


188 


JOHAN  JOACHIM  HEINRICH  OTTE, 

Born  in  Ratzeburg:,  Lauenburg,  Germany,  April  8,  1843;  entered  the 
Danish  military  service  in  1862;  flrst  became  acquainted  with  the  Lat- 
ter-day Saints  in  1872,  and  before  he  joined  me  Church  he  acted  as 
instructor  for  the  Latter-day  Saints'  choir  in  the  Copenhagen  branch 
three  diuerent  times;  baptized,  together  with  his  wife.  Feb.  2,  1885; 
once  more  he  became  the  leader  of  the  Saints'  choir,  this  time  acting 
for  five  yenrs.  he  ;ils<i  became  the  most  liberal  tithe-payer  in  the  Scan- 
dinavian Mission.  For  exhibited  excellency  in  the  musical  line  he  re- 
reived  a  number  of  medals  and  other  decorations;  he  emigrated  to 
Utah  in  1898,  and  located  in  j^ogan,  Cache  Co.,  where  he  died  Dec.  24. 
1898. 


ANNA  SOPHIE  OLIVIA  OT'JLiS, 

Wife  of  Johan  J.  H.  Otte,  was  born  Dec.  22.  1848.  in  Tr0r0d,  near  Ved- 
bsek,  Sollerod  parish,  Copenhagen  Amt.  Denmark;  baptized  by  Chr.  F. 
Olsen  Feb.  2,  1885.  and  confirmed  by  Jorgen  Hansen;  after  laboring  a 
short  time  as  a  Teacher  in  the  Relief  Society  of  the  Copenhagen 
branch  she  was  called  to  preside  over  the  Y.  L.  M.  I.  A.  of  the  same 
branch;  acted  as  president  of  the  Relief  Society  from  Julv  2,  1886.  to 
Ioo8,  and  again  from  1890  to  189N,  when  she  emigrated  to  I  tali,  and  is 
now  a  widoweu  resident  of  Logan,  Cache  Co. 


189 


PETER  MADSEN  PEEL, 

Son  of  Henning  P.  Peel  and  Karen  Christine  Hansen,  was  born  Aug. 
24,  1820,  in  Aakirkeby,  Bornholm,  Denmark;  baptized  Aug.  3,  1852,  by  Ole 
Svensen;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1853-54;  married  Christiana  Folkman 
Nov.  27,  1846;  after  residing  in  Lehi,  Utah  Co.,  four  years,  he  located 
in  Mt.  Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co.,  as  a  pioneer  settler,  wnere  he  still  re- 
sides; here  he  acted  as  presiding  Teacher  for  a  number  of  years;  was 
senior  president  of  the  66th  quorum  of  Seventy  about  ten  years;  acted 
as  second  counselor  to  Bishop  Orang  Seely,  and  subsequently  as  first 
counselor  to  Bishop  M.  P.  Madsen  of  the  Mt.  Pleasani  North  Ward, 
from  1877-90;  presided  over  the  Scandinavian  meetings  In  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant over  twenty  years;  is  now  eighty  years  old  and  enjoys  good  health. 


CHRISTINE  FOLKMAN  PEEL, 

Wife  of  Peter  Madsen  Peel,  was  a  daughter  of  Jbrgen  C.  Folkman  and 
Bergitte  Sorensen,  born  Aug.  17,  1820,  in  Aaker,  Bornnolm,  Denmark; 
baptized  by  Elder  Ole  Svenson  Aug.  3,  1S53;  married  Peter  M.  Peel  Nov. 
27,  1846;  emigrated  to  Utah  with  her  husband  in  1853  and  was  a  resident 
of  Mount  Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co.,  from  1859  until  her  death,  which  oc- 
curred in  Mt.  Pleasant  Nov.  6,  1899.  Sister  Peel  was  a  leading  pioneer 
woman  from  the  beginning,  an  able  officer  and  a  most  active  worker 
in  the  Relief  Society  for  upward  of  forty  years;  she  was  the  mother 
of  seven  children,  two  sons  and  five  daughters,  of  which  only  two  are 
now  living. 


190 


HENRY  M.   PEARSON, 

Born  May  17,  1854,  in  Stora  Kbpinge,  Malmohus  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized 
Nov.  5,  1873,  in  Malrao;  called  into  the  ministry  Aug.  '£>,  1895,  and  la- 
bored in  the  Skane  conference;  baptized  25  souls;  emigrated  to  Utah 
in  1898,  and  located  at  Sandy,  Salt  Lake  Co.;  ordained  a  Seventy  Feb. 
20,  1887;  filled  a  mission  to  the  United  States  and  Sweden  in  1896-98, 
laboring  first  about  eight  months  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  111.,  and  on 
his  arrival  in  Sweden  was  appointed  traveling  Elder  In  the  Gothen- 
burg conference;  from  March,  1897  to  April  1898,  he  presided  over  that 
conference;  ordained  a  High  Priest  and  set  apart  as  a  High  Councilor 
In  the  Jordan  Stake  of  Zion,  June  21,  1900. 


ANTON  PEDERSEN, 

Born  July  18,  1855,  in  T0nsberg,  Norway;  at  the  age  of  fourteen  he  was 
made  assistant  organist  of  the  State  church  of  uis  native  town;  was 
a  member  of  the  famous  orchestra  conducted  by  Edward  Grieg,  from 
whom  he  received  his  early  training  as  an  orchestra  and  band  con- 
ductor. He  came  to  Utah  26  years  ago,  and  at  once  became  prominent 
as  a  leader  among  instrumentalists.  He  has  won  more  prizes  as  a 
band  leader  than  any  other  musician  in  the  State. 


191 


ERTK  JOHAN  PEHRSON, 

Was  born  Sept.  21,  1834,  in  Grebro  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  Sept.  2,  1855, 
and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1861;  located  in  Vernon,  Tooele  Co.,  where  he 
has  acted  as  a  Bishop's  Counselor  for  many  years  an3  always  been 
a  faithful  and  upright  member  of  the  Church.  He  filled  a  mission  to 
Scandinavia  in  1869-70,  and  presided  over  the  Stockholm  conference- 
he  returned  home  as  the  leader  of  a  company  of  emigrating  Saints. 


ALBERT  PETERSON, 

Born  March  7,  1872,  in  Vittinge,  Vestmanland,  Sweden;  baptized  March 
9,  1882,  by  Herman  H.  Sundstrom,  and  confirmed  by  E.  J.  Erickson; 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1891;  located  in  Salt  Lake  County.  He  was  called 
on  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1897.  ani  appointed  to  labor  In  the  Karls- 
krona  branch,  the  last  six  months  in  the  capacity  of  president.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1898,  he  was  called  to  labor  in  the  Upsala  branch.  Stockholm  con- 
ference, where  he  took  sick  and  died  Dec.  30.  1898;  he  was  burled  Jan. 
4,  1899;  but  his  remains  were  subsequently  shipped  to  Utah,  where  they 
were  interred  In  the  South  Cottonwood  cemetery,  June  11,  1899. 


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ANDREW  ANTHON  PETERSON, 

Born  Dec.  24,  186!),  in  Plain  City,  Weber  Co.,  utah;  is  a  son  of  Andrew 
A.  and  Benedicta  Peterson,  who  received  the  Gospel  in  the  city  of 
Malmo,  Sweden,  in  the  year  1869,  and  emigrated  to  Utah  the  same 
year;  Andrew  was  orSained  an  Elder  Sept.  3.  1893;  ordained  a  Seventy 
May  8,  1896;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1896-98,  laboring  in  the 
Skane  conference,  principally  in  and  about  the  cities  of  Karlskrona. 
Helsingborg  and  Lund;  he  was  quite  successful  as  a  missionary 
and  enjoyed  his  labors  very  much. 


ANDREAS    PETERSON, 

Born  June  23,  1849.  in  Habol  parish  Dalsland,  Sweden,  of  well-to-do 
parents;  went  to  Norway  in  the  spring  of  1871,  leaving  his  parents  in 
Sweden,  where  he  first  met  the  "Mormon"  Elders;  was  baptized  May 
25.  1872,  by  Niels  Isaksen;  was  ordained  to  the  Priest'iood  and  calleJ 
into  the  local  ministry;  labored  two  years  in  the  Stavanger  and  two 
years  in  the  Drair  men  branch;  visited  Sweden,  where  he  baptized  his 
mother;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1877:  located  in  Logan,  Cache  Co.,  in  1878; 
rrarried  Inga  Ovesen.  July  25,  1878;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in 
1882-84.  laboring  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  the  Stockholm  conference;  was 
ordained  a  High  Priest  March  3,  1897,  and  set  apart  as  a  member  of 
the  High  Council  of  the  Cache  Stake  of  Zion;  labored  in  the  Logan 
Temple  In  1887-88;  acted  as  superintendent  of  the  Logan  Fourth  Ward 
Sunday  School  from  1889-98;  presides  now  over  the  Scandinavian  Mission. 


CANUTE  PETERSON, 

Born  in  Eidsfjord,  Hardanger,  Norway,  May  13,  1824;  emigrated  to 
America  with  his  parents  in  1837.  and  settled  in  La  Salle  County,  III.: 
there  he  was  baptized,  Aug.  12.  1842;  visited  Nauvoo  in  1844.  anl  while 
there  was  ordained  a  Seventy;  went  on  his  first  mission  in  1844-45  to 
Wisconsin;  baptized  Quite  a  number  and  organized  a  branch  of  the 
Church.  In  1849.  in  connection  with  his  wife,  Sarah  Ann,  whom  he 
married  while  on  her  journey,  he  emigrated  to  Utah,  and  settled  in 
Salt  Lake  City;  callel,  together  with  others,  to  settle  Lehi,  Utah  Co., 
in  1850;  filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  1852-56,  during  which  he.  assisted 
by  local  Elders,  raised  up  a  branch  of  the  Church  in  Christiania,  In 
1867  he  was  called  to  act  as  Bishop  of  Ephraim.  Sanpete  Co..  where 
he  has  since  resided;  filled  a  mission  to  Europe  in  1871-73.  presiding  over 
the  Scandinavian  Mission.  Presides  over  the  Sanpete  Stake  since  1877. 


SARAH  ANN  PETERSON, 

Born  in  Kendall  County.  New  York.  Feb.  16,  1827;  went  with  her  wid- 
owed mother  to  La  Salle  County,  111..  In  1834;  was  a  universal  favorite 
with  all  who  knew  her;  she  was  the  first  ^Norwegian  to  teach  school 
in  America;  joined  the  Church  in  1849;  leit  ail  her  relatives  to  cast  her 
lot  with  the  Saints;  on  the  way  to  Zion  she  was  miraculously  he;ih-<! 
of  an  attack  of  cholera  under  the  hands  of  Elder  Canute  Peterson, 
whom  she  afterwards  married;  while  her  husband  was  absent  on  sev- 
eral missions,  she  showed  her  excellent  qualities  as  a  manager  of  his 
affairs.  After  removing  with  him  to  Ephraim.  Sanpete  Co.,  in  1867 
she  became  president  of  the  Relief  Society;  later  counselor  in  the  Stake 
organization;  died  May  20,  1896.  She  was  the  mother  of  nine  children. 


194 


C.IKKTKCI)  MARIA   R.   PETERSON, 


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May   I'M.    ls:;ii.    in    Kisor.    Norway, 
deed  the  Gospel,  the  family  hear- 
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other   members  of     the     family 
d  was  a  main  supp<irt  of  the  mis- 
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w  trie  widow  of  Hlshop  (_'.  ('.  Dor- 
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ssel.    and    erossint;    the    plains  and 

mountains  in  Cap'.  <'hr.  c 'hrisi  iansen's  haiuieurt  company.  reachiiiB 
Salt  l^ake  ('it>'.  Sept.  l:!th.  the  same  year.  She  was  married  to  Bro. 
Canute  Peterson  Nov.  !i.  ls.">7;  is  still  li\-in^,  and  has  three  children 
living:  and  flve  who  are  dead. 


(-•HARliOTTI-:    A.    I'KTICIiSKN, 

\Vife  of  Canute  Peterson,  was  born  March  (i.  1M4.  in  Arvika.  Swedi'ii; 
came  to  Christiania.  Norway,  with  her  parents  when  she  was  about 
eight  years  old.  In  May.  ISiiL*.  she  embraced  the  Gospel,  and  was  bap- 
tized in  Christiania;  emigrated  to  Ctah  in  IM;<;.  and  Ke:>.  2.  IsiiT  was 
marriel  to  Canute  Peterson,  then  livins  in  I>ehi.  but  now  in  Ephraim. 
and  president  of  the  S.inpetc  stake  ..f  /ion.  She  has  four  children. 
three  daughters  and  one  son.  and  is  still  an  active  member  of  the 
Church  and  the  community  in  which  she  lives. 


196 


CHRISTIAN  PEDERSEN, 

Born  May  24,  1846,  in  Allerup,  Vendsyssel,  Denmark;  emigrated  to- 
gether with  his  wife,  to  Utah,  in  1879,  and  was  baptized  in  Ephraim, 
Aug.  8,  1880.  He  was  called  to  take  a  mission  to  his  native  land  and 
went  to  Denmark  in  1893,  where  he  remaineu  two  years,  and  again  he 
and  his  wife  went  to  Denmark,  in  1897-98,  to  look  after  some  temporal 
matters,  and  they  were  both  set  apart  to  perform  missionary  work. 
and  thus  hai  another  opportunity  to  do  much  good  among  their  fel- 
low-men. Elder  Pedersen  is  a  Seventy  and  a  member  of  the  47th 
quorum.  He  still  resides  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  County. 


KR1K   PETKRSON, 

Was  born  July  1,  1826,  in  Ostergotland,  Sweden;and  embraced  the  Gospel 
in  his  native  land  Dec.  18,  1856;  was  shortly  afterwards  ordained  to 
the  Priesthood,  and  called  on  a  mission  to  preside  over  the  i\orrkop- 
ing  branch.  Sweden,  Feb.  9,  1858.  He  emigrated  from  ms  native  land 
to  gather  with  the  Saints  and  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City  Oct.  7,  1858. 
In  1869-72  he  tilled  a  mission  to  Sweden;  was  appointed  to  preside  over 
Stockholm  conference,  where  he  labored  over  three  years,  arriving 
home  July  17,  1872,  having  charge  of  a  company  of  emigrating  Saints. 
He  died  June  15,  1S97,  at  Levan,  Juab  County. 


106 


I'RKDKKI  K   PETKKSEN, 

Horn  Sept.  22.  1X74.  i»  .Jonkoping.  Sweden;  baptized  Auril  •£',.  |xx7.  by 
KUler  Andrew  J.  AVahlquist ;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1890  anil  located 
in  Murray.  Salt  hake  < 'o. :  fined  a  missic.n  to  Sweden  in  lx!)7-!i!i.  la- 
boring in  the  Gothenburg  conierence. 


HANS.   A.  PEDERSEN, 

Horn  Aug.  I:!.  lxr>2.  at  Ti.iarkd.  Nordland,  Norway;  baptized  AUK.  K. 
IS7H.  by  (.'.  1C.  Peterson;  emigrated  li>  1-ogan.  Utah,  in  Soplt-mbtT.  1^1; 
called  on  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  and  appointed  to  laoor  in  Norway, 
in  1S!H;  while  laboring'  in  that'rountry  for  two  years  and  three  months 
he  had  the  privilege  of  visiting  most  of  the  cities  of  that  land  from 
north  to  south,  and  to  open  a  number  of  new  lu-Ms  of  labor;  returned 
from  this  mission  late  in  the  fall  of  1893;  was  called  on  a  second  mis- 
sion to  Norway  In  1899;  arriving  in  the  city  of  Christ  iania.  May  17th. 
same  year,  and  appointed  to  preside  over  the  Christian!;!  conference. 
which  position  he  now  occupies.  "It  has  been  my  very  good  fortune," 
says  Elder  Pedersen.  "to  hold  meetings  in  nearly  every  city  in  Nor- 
way, even  as  far  north  as  Hammerfest,  the  most  northern  city  in  the 
world." 


197 


HANS  KRKDKRIK    I'KTKKSKN, 

Born  Feb.  7.  1821,  near  Aaiborg.  Denmark:  baptized  by  Geo. 
P.  Uykes  on  the  27th  of  October.  1X50,  being,  with  his  wife, 
who  is  still  living,  among  thevery  first  who  showed  obedience  to  that 
ordinance  in  Aalborg.  In  September.  1X51,  he  was  sent  as  a  missionary 
to  Norway,  and  was  taken  to  different  cities  along  the  coast  of  that 
country  by  Skipper  Svend  I-arsen:  he  returned  to  his  family  in  Den- 
mark; in  1852.  he  preached  in  the  country  districts  on  the  western  part 
of  Sjelland.  His  wife  shared  his  labors  and  privations  to  a  great  ex- 
tent on  this  mission;  emigrated  to  rtah  In  lxTi2-~>3:  and  soon  after  was 
among  the  pioneers  who  settled  Kphraim.  where  he  lived  till  he  died. 
.Ian  !i,  1SS2,  highly  beloved  and  respected  by  an  who  knew  him.  He 
was  postmaster  anJ  tithing  clerk  in  Kphraim  about  Si  years.  Elder 


HANS  HENRY  PBTER8EN, 

Born  Dec.  £"..  lx:!."i.  in  Siirdrup.  (Sjcrlev  parish,  Sorii  Amt.  S.ia?lland. 
Denmark;  baptized  June  1!>.  lXn:i;  labored  as  a.  missionary  from  lsr,7  I" 
1862.  two  years  and  eleven  months  as  president  of  the  West  S.i;elland 
district,  and  two  years  and  three  months'as  president  of  the  Copen- 


hagen branch:  emigrated  to  ITU 
Lake  City.  Manti  and  Hyrum  (C 
place  since  1X69.  In  all  these  pla 
present  trie  leader  of  a  most  ex 
served  as  a  musical  director  it 
years:  composed  music  for  2ti  a 


i   in    1X1,2;  located  successively  in  Salt 
die  Co. I.  having  resided  in  the  latter 


•es  he  organized  and  led  choirs;  Is  at 
client  choir  in  Hyrum.  He  has  also 
the  Hyrum  Sunday  School,  for  2K 
d  text  for  in  Sunday  School  hymns, 

also   important   anthems,    some   of   which    have    been    published    in    the 

Juvenile  Instructor,   and  other  publications. 


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JAMES  PETERSEN, 

Son  of  Peter  Olsen  and  Dorthea  Petersen.  was  born  Dec.  5,  1847,  in 
Nyrup,  near  Nykjobing,  Sjselland.  Denmark.  His  mother  having  joined 
the  Church  in  1857.  he  was  baptized  Feb.  2,  1868.  and  emigrated  with 
his  parents  to  1'tah  that  year;  after  working  on  the  railroad  and  in 
the  mines,  he  located  in  what  is  now  the  South  Jordan  Ward  in  1871; 
here  he  was  ordained  a  Teacher,  June  17.  1877.  and  an  Elder  in  1878; 
married  Mary  Sophie  Simonsen.  of  Draper.  Dec-.  at!.  1S78;  tilled  a  mis- 
sion to  Denmark  in  18S9-91,  laboring  in  the  Copenhagen  conference; 
presided  surrrssivcly  over  the  Northwest  Sjtelland  and  the  South- 
west Sjfelland  branches;  returned  home  in  charge  of  a  small  com- 
pany of  emigrating  Saints;  after  his  return  home  he  was  set  apart 
as  a  president  in  the  95th  quorum  of  Seventy.  Nov.  S,  1891. 


MONS  PEDERSEN. 

Born  May  S.  1821.  in  Norway;  received  a  good  education  and  was  for 
many  years  employe!  as  teacher  in  the  public  schools,  embraced  the 
Gospel  in  1852,  having  become  acquainted  with  the  "Mormon"  Elders 
who  were  Imprisoned  for  the  Gospel's  sake  in  Frederlkstad;  for  ten 
years  he  was  an  active  member  of  the  branch  over  which  he  also 
presided;  in  1862  he  was  called  to  Christiania  to  organize  a  choir;  pre- 
sided over  the  branch  in  that  city  until  1864.  when  he  was  c-all.-d 
to  the  mission  office  in  Copenhagen.  Denmark,  where  he  labored  as 
writer  and  translator  for  "Scandinaviens  Stjerne;"  emigrated  to  1'tah 
in  1868,  and  settled  in  Provo,  Ctah  Co.;  later  in  the  Lake  View  Ward. 
In  1875-76  he  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia,  again  laboring  in  the 
mission  office  in  Copenhagen  as  translator;  at  home  he  acted  an  War3 
clerk,  school  trustee,  etc.:  died  Feb.  22,  1900. 


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PETER  PETERSEN, 

Born  Oct.  14.  1844,  in  Stubberup,  Falster.  Denmark;  baptized  June  23. 
1862;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1884;  married  his  present  wife  the  follow- 
ing year,  by  whom  he  has  had  six  children.  He  has  successively  held 
the  office  o'f  Elder,  Seventy  and  High  Priest,  and  in  February.  1881, 
was  made  a  member  of  the  High  Council  for  Sanpete  Stake,  which 
office  he  still  holds.  As  a  citizen  he  has  been  entrusted  with  the  office 
of  city  marshal  for  two  terms,  and  is  now  serving  his  third  term  as 
city  councilor.  In  the  fall  of  1898.  ElJer  Petersen  and  nis  wife  were 
called  to  take  a  mission  to  Denmark  and  advised  to  take  their  daugh- 
ter Sarah  with  them.  They  all  three  left  Salt  Lake  City  Oct.  13,  1898: 
reached  their  native  land  in  November.  After  having  performed  a 
pleasant  mission,  they  returned,  Sept.  25,  1899. 


SAMUEL  PETERSON, 

Born  Dec.  1.  1826,  on  the  island  nf  Bornholm,  Denmark;  joined  the 
Church  in  1852,  being  baptized  and  confirmed  by  Andreas  Ipsen;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1852-53;  located  in  Salt  Lake  City;  ordained  a  Priest 
Feb.  18,  1857.  an  Elder  Feb.  27,  1857,  and  a  Seventy  March  15,  1858;  filled 
a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1867-70.  laboring  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  Skane 
and  later  as  president  of  the  Gothenburg  conference.  In  1877  he  filled 
a  short  mission  to  the  State  of  Minnesota;  after  his  return  he  was  or- 
dained a  High  Priest  and  Bishop,  and  called  to  preside  In  that  capacity 
in  the  Second  Ward.  Salt  Lake  City,  which  position  he  held  until  1891. 
when  he  removed  from  the  Ward.  Since  1897  he  has  again  been  a  resi- 
dent of  the  Second  Ward. 


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boREN  PETERSEN, 

Born  Nov.  24,  1840,  in  Nottrup  parish.  Vejle.  Anit.  Denmark:  baptized 
Sept.  24.  1865,  by  James  N.  Ohristensen:  ordained  an  Elder  in  1866  by 
Soren  Iversen  anJ  labored  as  a  missionary  in  his  native  land  until 
ISiii,  when  he  emigrated  to  Utah  and  located  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete 
Co..  where  he  ha.s  sinre  resided.  In  the  fall  of  1874  he  went-  to  St.  George 
as  a  volunteer  workman  on  the  Temple,  and  remained  there  until 
the  following  .spring;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1SS2-S4.  laboring 
principally  in  the  Aarhns  conference.  At  home  he  has  been  a  faithful 
worker  in  the  ward  where  he  resides:  he  holds  the  position  of  a  presi- 
dent of  the  Forty-seventh  iiuorum  of  Seventy. 


S0REX  LIND  PETERSEN, 

Born  Feb.  20,  1835.  in  Aarhus  Amt,  Denmark;  baptized  April  28,  1860;  or- 
dained an  Elder  June  16,  1860.  and  set  apart  to  preside  over  the  Aarhus 
branch,  which  position  he  held  for  about  three  years:  located  tem- 
porarily in  Salt  Lake  City  and  permanently  in  Huntsville,  Weber  Co.. 
his  present  home,  in  18S4,  being  the  Hist  Scandinavian  settler  in  that 
town,  and  was  the  means  of  bringing  quite  a  number  of  his  country- 
men there  to  locate;  for  many  years  he  was  an  intimate  friend  and  co- 
laborer  of  Francis  A.  Hammond;  iilleJ  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in 
1S7I-7H.  presiding  over  the  Christiania  conference,  Norway.  Soon  after 
his  return  he  married  Louisa  Petersen. 


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HANS  POULSEN, 

Born  on  the  island  of  Fyen,  Denmark,  Sept.  27,  1837;  baptized  April  9, 
1855,  as  the  first  fruit  of  "Mormonism"  in  the  city  of  Bogense;  oriained 
to  the  Priesthood  and  presided  over  a  branch  or  the.  church  on  the 
island  of  Langeland,  where  he  had  been  sent  to  labor  as  a  missionary 
shortly  after  his  baptism;  subsequently,  he  labored  in  the  Middelfart 
branch;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1859.  and  located  permanently  in  Mt. 
Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co.,  April  13,  1861,  where  he  established  himself  as 
a  carpenter;  married  Maren  Anderson,  Feb.  18,  1863.  with  whom  he  had 
eight  children,  four  boys  and  four  girls;  filled  a  mission  to  DenmarK  in 
1882  to  1884,  laboring  on  the  island  of  Fyen,  Aarhus  conference.  For 
many  years  he  presided  as  head  teacher  in  the  Mt.  Pleasant  Second 
Ward.  He  died  in  Mt.  Pleasant  Nov.  22,  1895. 


LARS  POULSEN, 

Born  on  the  island  of  Jegind0,  Thisted  Amt.  Denmark.  May  19,  1819; 
married  Karen  Olsen.  When,  in  1831,  the  island  was  visited  by  Elder  A. 
Andersen,  he  found  farmer  Lars  Poulsen  an3  wife  ready  to  receive  the 
Gospel,  and  on  April  7,  1852,  he  and  his  wife  and  mofner-in-law  were 
baptized  by  Elder  Chr.  Christiansen.  Bro.  Poulsen  sold  his  farm  for 
half  price  owing  to  persecution  and  emigrated  with  his  family  in  the 
fall  of  1853.  Before  leaving  he  was  tempted  by  his  father  to  renounce 
"Mormonism"  and  remain,  but  he  remained  firm  to  ;:ie  truth.  On 
their  way  to  Zion.  two  of  his  children  and  his  mother-in-law  died; 
all  his  surplus  means  he  had  given  to  aid  some  poor  Saints  to  emigrate. 
an3  thus  he  arrived  in  Ephraim  destitute  of  ejirthly  means.  He  died 
in  Ephraim  Feb.  17,  li>S>4.  (See  Morgenstjernen,  Vol.  Ill,  No,  6.) 


PAUL  POULSEN, 

Son  of  Lars  Poulsen,  was  born  July  24,  1845,  in  Jegind0,  Thisted  Amt, 
Denmark,  and  emigrated  to  Utah  with  his  parents,  when  only  eight 
years  old;  was  raised  in  Kphraim,  where  he  still  lives.  When  seven- 
teen years  old  he  was  called  to  go  as  a  teamster  to  Omaha  after  emi- 
grants. In  1865  he  married  Kirsten  Ovesen  and  was  also  engaged  in 
the  Indian  war,  1865-68,  and  in  1897-99  he  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Forty-seventh  quorum  of  Seventy. 


JOHN  ANDERSON  QUIST, 

Born  Dec.  9,  1845,  near  Kcngelf.  Bohus  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  June  7, 
1863,  in  Norrkbping;  labored  as  a  missionary  about  six  years  in  Norway 
and  Sweden;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1869.  and  located  in  Big  Cotton- 
wood,  Salt  Lake  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1877-79,  laboring  first 
as  traveling  Elder  in  and  later  as  president  of  the  Gothenourg  con- 
ference; returning  home  he  was  leader  of  a  company  of  emigrating 
Saints;  in  December,  1884,  labored  as  a  home  missionary  in  the  Salt 
Lake  Stake  of  Zion;  acted  as  a  president  of  tne  Second  quorum  of 
Seventy,  etc.  In  1887  he  was  called  on  a  second  mission  to  Scandinavia, 
and  the  Gothenburg  conference  once  more  became  his  field  of  labor. 
While  working  diligently  in  Vingaker  he  took  sick  and  died  there, 
March  13,  1890. 


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GERMAN  RASMl'SSEN, 

Born  near  the  city  of  Fredericia.  Denmark,  Nov.  1.  1S37;  baptized  in 
the  spring  of  1867;  emigrated  to  I'tah  wkh  his  young  wife,  in  18K.S  and 
located  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.  He  was  engaged  in  the  erection  ot  the 
Mantl  Temple  for  about  eight  years,  l.eing  handy  for  many  purposes, 
as  he  had  followed  the  occupation  of  a  sailor,  and  he  has  since  per- 
formed much  ordinance  work  within  its  sacred  walls.  In  1»»;J  he  was 
called  to  take  a  mission  to  Denmark  and  left  his  home  in  Ephraim. 
Feb.  17,  1892;  performed  his  mission  with  honor  for  about  two  years 
and  three  months,  when  he  was  released  and  returned  home.  He 
labored  mostly  in  the  cities  of  Odense  and  Fredericia,  but  also  some 
in  Schlesvig,  Germany,  as  he  speaks  the  German  language. 


HANS  RASMTSSEN, 

Born  Oct.  1,  1815,  in  Ammendrup,  Prosto  Amt.  Denmark;  baptized  in 
June,  1855,  by  Elder  Grbnbtek;  emigrated  to  I'tah  in  April,  ]sr>fi;  he 
lost  everything  except  his  life  and  his  family  »n  the  snow- 
storms. Before  he  left  Denmark  he  paid  700  Danis'i  Rigsdaler  in 
property  tithing  and  1.400  Danish  Rigsdaler  to  the  Perpetual  KmiKi'a- 
tion  Fund,  besides  paying-  the  emigration  fare  for  thirty  persons,  and 
ne  landed  in  Salt  Lake  Cuy  a  poor  man.  Dec.  16,  1856.  Soon  after  his 
arrival  he  came  very  near  losing  his  life  in  a  snowslide  in  the  moun- 
tains. In  1837  he  moved  to  Sanpete  Valley  and  located  in  Ephraim. 
where  he  sustained  great  losses  from  the  Indian  wars,  drougths  ami 
grasshoppers;  died  in  Ephraim,  Aug.  25,  1887. 


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HANS  SkVERIN  RASMUSSEN. 

Born  in  Aalsrode,  Rand-;rs.  Jylland.  Denmark,  March  20,  1854;  received 
a  good  education  and  learned  Uie  trade  of  a  painter:  was  baptized  by 
J.  M.  (•hristcnsen.  April  1."..  18X:i,  in  Grenaa;  emigrated  to  rtah  in  1885; 
onltiineil  an  hlldcr  in  1885:  married  Kllen  Svendson.  of  Pleasant  Grove. 
Dec.  »,  1885:  resided  in  gait  Lake  City  from  1S8U  t,,  1s:«;.  since  which 
lime  his  home  has  been  in  Pleasant  Grove,  rtah  (.'o. :  tilled  a  mission 
to  Denmark  in  ISHl-Hii.  labnrin^  :is  president  of  the  Grenaa  branch  and 
later  as  traveling  Elder  in  the  Aarhus  and  Grenaa  branches;  since 
1897  he  has  labored  as  a  home  missionary  among  the  Scandinavians 
in  the  Utah  Stake  of  Zion;  has  labored  as  a  Ward  Teacher  for 
many  years. 


NIELS  RASMUSSEN, 

Born  on  the  island  of  Lolland,  Denmark.  Aug.  3.  1S29;  baptized  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints  Nov.  24.  1853: 
ordained  a  Teacher.  AUK.  1!»,  MS54:  ordained  an  Elder  March  9.  1856: 
preached  the  Gospel  for  one  year  and  nine  months  and  baptized  33:  em- 
igrated to  I'tah  in  1857.  crossing  the  plains  with  handcarts:  came  tu 
Utah  and  located  at  Parowan,  Iron  Co.;  crossed  the  plains  after  emi- 
grants, and  acted  as  night  guard,  in  1863.  1864  and  1868.  and  endured 
many  hardships;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  in  1868;  filled  a  mission  to 
Denmark  in  1882-84.  laboring  as  presiding  Elder  on  Lolland. ;Falster.  and 
Moen;  baptized  13;  returned  home  in  July.  1884:  was  ordained  a  High 
Priest  April  4.  1898,  by  David  H.  Cannon. 


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NIELS  PETER  RASMUSSEN, 

Born  Oct.  27.  1843.  near  Nykjobing.  on  the  island  of  Falster.  Denmark; 
baptized  by  P.  C.  Nielsen  July  3,  1861;  labored  as  a  missionary  on  Fal- 
ster about  six  months  and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1862;  located  perma- 
nently in  Levan,  Juab  Co. ;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1878-80,  labor- 
ing first  as  president  of  the  Islands  (Oernes)  branch.  Copenhagen  con- 
ference, and  later  as  president  of  the  Aalborg  conference;  returned 
home  as  leader  for  a  large  company  of  emigrating  Saints;  ordained  a 
High  Priest  and  set  apart  as  Bishop  of  the  Levan  Ward,  April  17,  1892. 


PETER  CHR.   RASMUSSEN, 

Born  June  7.  1857,  in  Grtinfeld.  Agri  parish,  Randers  Amt,  Denmark; 
baptized  April  9,  1882;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1883  and  located  at  Draper. 
Salt  Lake  Co.,  his  present  home;  ordained  an  Elder  Feb.  16,  1886,  and  a 
Seventy  Feb.  20,  1887;  set  apart  as  a  Ward  Teacher  June  15,  1890;  filled 
a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1893-95,  laboring  eighteen  months  in  Nor- 
way and  a  few  months  in  Denmark;  ordained  a  High  Priest  and  set 
apart  as  second  counselor  in  the  Bishopric  of  the  Draper  Ward,  Aug. 
13,  1898. 


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RASMUS  RASMUSSEN, 

Born  Nov.  4,  1835,  on  the  island  of  Falster,  Denmark;  baptized  July  13, 
1867;  emigrated  to  Utah  In  1871;  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Mink 
Creek,  Oneida  Co.,  Idaho;  when  that  settlement  was  organized  as  a 
ward,  in  1877.  he  was  chosen  and  ordained  as  Bishop  over  the  same — 
a  position  which  he  occupied  nearly  twenty-three  years. 


BENGT  MATHIAS  RAVSTKN. 

.'.    1SS8,    in   Saxtorp,    Malmohus   l,an.    Sweden;    baptized    Nov 
23,  1862.  by  John  Hagman;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  «nd  called  to  la- 
bor as  a  missionary  in  March.   IM;:;:  ordained  an  Elder  March  15,  1863; 
presided    over    the    Gardstanga    anl    Knllaberg    branches-    labored    as 
traveling  Elder  in   the   Ystal,   Cimbrishamn.    l.andskrona    and    Svaluf 
branches,  in  the  Smalanl  district  and  in  the   Karlskrona.   Karlshamn 
Christianstail    and    Hesleholm    branches;    emigrated    to    ;~tah    in    |v;'i 
married    Betty   Johansen.    May   a.    1900;    located    in    Lo^an.    Cache   Co 
tilled  a  mission  to  Sewden  in  1882-84.  laboring  In  the  Gothenburg  con- 
ference; ordained  a  Sev.-nty  by  Eli  Bell.  Jan.  20.  1885;  moved  to  Clark- 
ston  in  1886;  appointed  presiding  Elder  of  the  Trenton  Branch  in  Ixsv 
filled  another  mission  to  Sweden  in  1894-96,  laboring  in  the  Skane  con- 
ference. 


ANDREW  P.  RENSTRoM, 

Born  Dee.  30,  1857,  in  Viksta.  1'psala  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  Nov.  14, 
1872;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1873,  an!  located  in  Huntsville,  Weber  Co., 
where  he  still  resides;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1883-85.  laboring  in 
the  Eskiltuna  branch  and  later  in  the  northern  part  of  Sweden;  early 
in  1885.  he  visited  Finland,  a  province  of  Russia:  held  meetings  with  a 
few  Saints  there;  finished  his  mission  in  Vestmanland  and  Dalarnc; 
tilled  a  second  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1889-91;  labored  in  the  Stock- 
holm conference,  and  presided  over  the  Gothenburg  conference;  aete:l 
as  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Huntsville  Sunday  School. in  1888-89: 
was  set  apart  as  tirst  counselor  to  Bishop  David  McKay,  of  Hunts- 
ville, July  31,  ISiis. 


CHRISTIAN  PETER  R0NNOW, 

Born  Feb.  14.  1832,  in  Skive.  Viborg  Amt.  Denmark:  was  baptized  May 
«,  1855;  served  as  a  corporal  in  the  Danish  army  from  I>C>">  to  1857;  dur- 
ing this  time  he  was  ordained  to  the  different  degrees  of  the  Priest- 
hood and  bore  testimony  to  his  comrades:  lauored  as  a  missionary  on 
the  island  of  Fyen;  preside  1  over  the  odcnsc  branch,  and  acted  as  gen- 
eral book  agent  of  Church  publications:  from  !..>»  to  1862  he  presided 

ver  the  Fyen  conference:  emigrated  to   rtah  in  1862;  located  tempor- 

rily  in  Ephraim.  where  his  wife  died;   and  later  in   Panaca,   Nevada. 

s  a  missionary  settler;  removed  with  his  family  to  that  place  in  isilii: 
1  e  still  resides  there;  is  ;;n  active  member  of  the  Ward,  and  is  engaged 

i  mercantile  business. 


CHARLES  CHRISTIAN  R0NNOW, 

A  son  of  Christian  Peter  and  Laurine  Emilie  Ronnow,  born  July  29, 
1865,  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah;  moved  with  his  parents  to  Pan- 
aca,  Nevada,  in  1864;  received  a  liberal  education,  graduated  as  a  nor- 
mal student  from  the  7B.  Y.  Academy,  after  which  he  taught  school 
for  a  number  of  years;  was  ordained  an  Elder  in  Panaca,  where  he 
also  acted  as  assistant  superintendent  and  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day School;  appointed  Bishop  of  the  Panaca  Ward,  in  1894;  called  on 
a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1899;  was  appointe^  to  labor  in  Hoibak, 
njaslland,  and  afterwards  on  the  island  of  Bornholm,  from  which  place 
he  was  banished  by  the  police;  he  Is  now  finishing  his  mission  In 
Trondhjem  Norway,  and  labors  in  the  Namsos  brancn,  the  northern- 
most branch  of  the  Church  in  the  World. 


GUSTAF  L.   ROSENGREN. 

Born  Feb.  11,  1S47,  in  Hyby,  Malmohus  Lan  Skane,  Sweden;  baptized 
Nov.  22,  1863;  ordained  to  the  Priesthooa  and  labored  as  a  local  mis- 
sionary in  the  provinces  of  Skane  and  Blekinge  until  June,  1873,  when 
he  was  released  and  emigrated  to  Utah,  and  located  In  Union,  Salt 
Lake  Co.;  i,..ed  a  mission  to  Sweden  In  lS83-!».  laboring  in  the  Unsala 
branch  one  year  and  in  the  Orebro  branch  nve  months;  from  Oct.  24, 
1884,  to  May,  1885  he  presided  over  the  Gothenourg  conrerence. 


MONS  A.   ROSENLUND, 

Born  April  27,  1833,  In  the  village  of  Gry tinge,  Sweden;  baptized  Jan. 
26,  1868;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  and  presided  over  the  SvalBf 
branch  three  years  and  a  half;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1873,  and  located 
in  Mt.  Pleasant,  Sanpete  Co.,  in  1874,  where  he  joined  the  united  Order; 
filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1882-84,  laboring  in  the  Skane  conference, 
principally  in  the  Lund  and  the  Helsingborg  branches;  removed  with 
his  family  in  Mayfield  in  1885;  served  85  days'  imprisonment  for 
conscience  sake  in  1889.  Elder  Rosenlund  is  a  member  of  the  High 
Priests'  quorum  and  a  faithful  member  of  the  Mayfield  Ward. 


PETER  J.   SANDBERG, 

Born  June  1,  1852,  in  Christianstad  IjSn,  Sweden;  baptized  Aug.  27, 
1873;  ordained  a  Teacher  Nov.  10,  1873  and  called  into  the  local  min- 
istry; ordained  a  Priest  in  February,  1874,  and  an  Elder  May  31,  1874; 
laoored  as  a  missionary  in  the  Skane  conference  about  three  years, 
and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1877;  located  in  Weston,  Idano,  in  October. 
1832,  where  he  still  resides;  ordained  a  Seventy  Oct.  5,  1885;  arrested 
in  March,  1886,  by  three  U.  S.  deputy  marshals  on  the  charge  of  hav- 
ing resisted  the  officers;  in  November,  1885,  when  they  raided  Weston 
in  search  of  polygamists,  paid  a  fine  of  $75;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden 
in  1897-99,  laboring  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  the  Skane  conference  and 
as  president  of  the  Stockholm  conference;  set  apart  as  a  president  in 
the  88th  quorum  of  Seventy,  March  22,  1900. 


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GEORGE  A.  SANDERS, 

Born  May  14,  1873,  in  South  Cottonwood,  Salt  Lake  Co.,  Utah;  blessed 
Aug.  14,  1873  by  Joseph  L.  Rawlins;  baptized  July  31,  1881,  by  Chr.  H. 
Steffensen;  confirmed  by  Charles  Sheppard;  ordained  an  Elder  Feb. 
16,  1896,  by  Heber  S.  Sanders;  ordained  a  Seventy  April  3,  1896,  by  C. 
D.Fjeldsted;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1896-98,  laboring  in  the 
Skane  conference  six  months  and  in  the  Stockholm  conference  (prin- 
cipally in  the  Upsala  branch)  twenty  months:  at  present  he  acts  as 
teacher  in  the  Sunday  School  theological  class,  first  counselor  in  the 
Y.  M.  M.  I.  A.,  Ward  Teacher,  etc. 


EDMUND  SANDERSEN, 

Son  of  Sander  and  Christiane  Sandersen,  was  born  Aug.  7,  1855,  on 
the  island  of  Moen.  His  parents  joined  the  Church  that  year  and  In 
1866  emigrated  to  Utah;  located  in  Big  Cottonwood  Ward,  where  the 
boy  was  baptized  by  Bishop  Brinton.  In  1876  he  married  Miss  Jane  A. 
Gribble,  by  whom  he  has  had  nine  children,  but  she  died  Jan.  18,  1898. 
In  1889  he  was  called  to  go  on  a  mission  to  Denmark,  where  he  la- 
bored eight  months  in  the  Copenhagen  conference,  and  was  honorably 
released  to  return  home  on  account  of  ill  health.  He  Is  now  a  presi- 
dent of  the  65  quorum  of  Seventy,  and  a  home  missionary  in  the  San- 
pete  Stake,  as  well  as  a  leading  teacher  In  the  Sunday  School  in  Gun- 
nison,  where  he  now  lives  and,  at  present,  is  also  the  Mayor  of  that 
city. 


CHARLES  SAMUELSON, 

Born  Jan  8,  1830,  in  Lommaryd  parish,  Jbnkoping  Lan,  Sweden;  bap- 
tized by  Christen  L.  Hansen  May  18,  1857;  labored  as  a  missionary  in 
Denmark  and  Sweden  about  two  years  and  a  half,  and  emigrated  to 
Utah  In  1862;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1880-82,  laboring  in  the 
Gothenburg  conference. 


CHRISTIAN  F.  SCHADE, 

Born  April  13,  1827,  in  the  village  of  Kornum.  Aalborg  Amt,  Denmark; 
baptized  by  Niels  C.  Edlefsen,  June  IS,  1862,  and  emigrated  to  Utah  in 
1864;  located  in  Huntsville,  Weber  Co.,  where  he  still  resides;  filled 
a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1872-74,  presiding  over  the  Aarhus  conference; 
during  his  presidency  there  H15  souls  were  ad^ed  to  the  Church  by  bap- 
tism in  that  part  of  the  Lord's  Vineyard.  At  home  he  has  been  a 
very  active  and  faithful  man;  during  the  last  fifteen  years  he  has 
filled  the  position  of  second  counselor  to  Bishop  David  McKay. 


PETER  P.  SIGGARD, 

Born  Nov.  30,  1S44,  in  Ringkjobing  Amt,  Denmark:  baptized  Jan.  29,  1866. 
by  C.  K.  Hansen,  being  the  first  and  omy  one  of  a  large  family  to  re- 
ceive the  fulness  of  the  Gospel;  emigrated  to  Utah  In  1867.  and  settled 
in  Brignam  City,  Box  Elder  Co.,  where  he  still  resides;  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  Scandinavia  in  1896-98,  laboring  in  the  Aarhns  conference,  Den- 
mark, principally  in  the  Silkeborg  branch:  at  home  he  has  been  for 
many  years  an  active  and  faithful  Elder  in  the  Churcn  and  a  prom- 
inent and  respected  citizen. 


HANS  JENSEN    SIMPSEN, 

Son  of  Jens  Simpsen'and  Amelia  Nielsen,  was  born  In  KynrleiSse. 
Hyllinge  parish,  SjiPllahd.  Denmark.  Jan.  12,  1824:  received  the  Gospel 
in  1852  after  his  return  home  from  the  three  years'  war  in  Schleswig- 
Holstein:  loaned  Apostle  Erastus  Snow  100  Rigsdaler  to  help  puolish 
the  Book  of  Mormon;  emigrated  to  Utah  In  1853-54,  arriving  In  Salt 
Lake  City  in  September,  1854;  lived  there  until  "the  move"  In  1858,  then 
lived  in  Ephraim  one  year,  anu  located  In  Mt.  Pleasant  In  lf»9.  where 
ne  still  resides,  engaged  in  farming.  Brother  ...mpson  labored  as  a 
missionary  in  North  Sjaelland  a  short  time  and  baptize!  three  persons 
before  he  emigrated  to  Utah.  He  is  a  High  Priest  and  has  faithfully 
and  quietly  been  engaged  in  furthering  the  work  of  the  Lord  all  these 
years;  has  held  the  office  of  Ward  Teacher  for  forty  years;  he  married 
Caroline  Peel  in  1855,  with  whom  he  has  had  ten  children. 


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J.  M.  SJODAHL, 

Born  in  Karlshamn,  Blekinge  Lan,  Sweden,  Nov.  29,  1853;  entered  the 
Bethel  Seminary,  Stockholm,  in  1870,  and  in  1875  the  Regents  Park  Col- 
lege, London;  was  the  general  secretary  of  the  Norwegian  Baptist 
Union  until  1886,  when  he  emigrated  to  Utah;  was  baptizel  at  Manti, 
in  1886;  translated  the  Doctrine  and  Covenants  into  Swedish  in  1886-87; 
filled  a  mission  to  Palestine  and  Switzerland,  1887-89i  compiled  the 
music  of  the  German  Latter-day  Saints  hymn  book;  was  selected  by 
the  Church  authorities  to  present  on  behalf  of  the  Scandinavians  in 
Utah,  a  copy  of  the  Book  of  Mormon  to  King  Oscar  II,  at  his  Majesty's 
25-years1  jubilee  in  1897;  was  granted  an  audience  at  the  palace,  Sept. 
22;  has  been  connected  with  Deseret  News,  the  official  organ  of  the 
Church,  since  1890;  is  now  associate  editor  of  that  publication,  and 
president  of  the  Scandinavian  meetings  in  Salt  Lake  City. 


CHRISTINE  SJODAHL, 

Daughter  of  S0ren  Christoffersen  and  his  wife,  Birgitte  Steck;  was 
born  in  Manti,  Sanpete  Co.  Utah,  Nov.  27,  1870;  baptized  when  eight 
years  old;  married  in  the  Manti  Temple,  May  30,  1887,  to  J.  M.  Sjodahl 
— the  first  couple  married  in  that  Sanctuary;  moved"  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
her  present  place  of  residence,  in  August,  1»90;  is  the  mother  of  two 
children,  Leilah  Palestine,  and  Vera  Birgitte:  is  secretary  of  the  Far- 
mers' Ward  Relief  Society,  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  tne  work 
connected  with  the  Scandinavian  affairs  in  me  city. 


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ANTHON  L.  SKANCHY, 

Born  Sept.  17,  1839,  in  Trondhjem,  Norway;  baptized  Jan  16,  1861;  or- 
dained an  Elder  the  same  year  and  called  to  labor  In  the  ministry; 
spent  aoout  seven  years  preaching  the  Gospel  in  different  parts  of 
Norway;  emigrated  to  Utah  In  1863,  and  located  in  Logan,  Cache  Co., 
where  he  still  resides;  filled  a  mission  to  Norway  in  1879-81,  laboring 
principally  as  president  of  the  Trondnjem  branch;  when  tne  6th  and 
7th  Wards  of  Logan  were  organized,  June  5,  1884,  he  was  chosen  as 
Bishop  of  the  6th  Ward,  a  position  which  he  still  occupies;  in  1886-88 
he  filled  another  mission  to  Norway,  this  time  presiding  over  the 
Christiania  conference. 


JESSE  NATHANIEL  SMITH, 

Third  son  of  Silas  Smith  an3  Mary  Aikens,  was  born  in  Stockholm. 
St.  Lawrence  Co.,  New  York,  Dec.  2,  1834;  baptized  in  Nauvoo,  111.,  by 
Patriarch  John  Smith  Aug.  13,  1843;  arrived  in  Great  Salt  Lake  \  alley 
Sept.  25,  1847;  called  on  a  mission  to  colonize  Souuiern  Utah,  Oct.  1,  1851, 
and  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  citizen  of  Parowan.  Iron  Co.; 
filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1860-64,  during  the  last  two  years 
he  presided  over  the  mission;  filled  a  second  mission  to  Scandinavia  in 
1868-70,  again  presiding  over  the  mission;  called  to  preside  over  the 
Eastern  Arizona  Stake,  Sept.  30,  1878;  called  on  a  mission  to  locate  col- 
onies in  northern  Mexico  In  1885;  caUed  to  preside  over  the  Snowflake 
Stake,  Arizona,  Dec.  17,  1887. 


LAURITZ  SMITH, 

Born  Oct.  5,  1830,  In  Hjorring,  Denmark;  was  baptized  Aug.  11,  1851.  by 
Jens  Thomsen;  worked  for  H.  P.  Jensen,  a  member  of  tne  Churcn.  In 
Norre  Sunuoy;  ordained  to  the  Priesthood  ana  labored  as  a  local  mis- 
sionary in  Vendsyssel  and  Schlesvig-Holstem;  emigrated  to  ijua..  in 
1853-54;  witnessed  many  of  his  fellow-travelers  die  with  the  cholera; 
located  in  Draper,  Salt  Lake  Co.,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since; 
was  the  first  Scandinavian  settler  in  that  locality;  has  labored  many 
years  as  a  Ward  Teacher  and  Suniay  School  teacher;  filled  a  mis- 
sion to  the  United  States  in  1878-77;  labored  six  years  as  a  home  mis- 
sionary; is  now  president  of  the  73rd  quorum  of  seventy  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  presidency  over  the  Scandinavian  meetings  in  Draper. 


JOHN  SMITH. 

Son  of  Hyrum  Smith  and  Jerusha  Barden,  was  born  Sept.  22.  1832,  in 
Kirtland,  Ohio;  went  to  Missouri  together  with  his  father's  family  in  1838, 
and  later  removed  with  them  to  Illinois;  was  baptized  by  John  Taylor 
in  1841;  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  Valley  in  1848;  participatec  In  the  early 
Indian  wars  in  Utah;  married  Helen  Maria  i- .sher,  Dec.  25,  1853,  by 
whom  he  has  had  nine  children;  ordained  the  presiding  Patriarch  of 
the  Church  Feb.  18,  1855;  helped  to  locate  the  "Mormon"  settlement  on 
Salmon  river  in  1857;  made  a  missionary  trip  to  the  States  in  1859-60; 
filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1862-64,  laboring  most  of  the  time 
at  the  mission  office  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark. 


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SAMUEL  H.  B.  SMITH, 

Born  in  the  fall  of  1838,  in  Shady  Grove,  Daviess  Co.,  Mo.;  his  father 
Samuel  H.  Smith,  brother  to  the  Prophet  Joseph,  was  one  of  the 
Eight  Witnesses  to  the  Book  of  Mormon,  and  was  the  third  man  bap- 
tized in  this  dispensation  by  divine  authority,  May  15,  1829.  He  was 
also  the  first  man  sent  forth  with  the  Book  of  Mormon  to  preach  the 
Gospel  after  the  organization  of  the  Church;  when  his  brothers  Joseph 
and  Hyrum  were  being  martyred  in  Carthage  jail,  he  ran  by  the 
guard  on  a  fleet  horse  to  give  aii,  if  possible,  to  his  brothers,  and  was 
the  first  man  that  John  Taylor  spoke  to  from  the  outside  after  the 
tragedy,  xhe  younger  Samuel  was  driven  out  of  Missouri,  along  with 
his  parents  in  the  drivings  of  the  Saints  in  the  winter  of  lN*>-39,  and 
arrived  in  Salt  Lake  Valley  in  1848.  He  has  filled  a  number  of  mis- 
sions, and  while  on  his  second  mission  to  Europe,  he  accompanied 
President  Geo.  O.  Cannon  and  other  Elders  on  a  visit  to  Scandinavia 
in  1862. 


ANNE  K.  SMOv-iT, 

Born  Dec.  19,  1834,  at  Brekke,  Norway;  when  nineteen  years  old  she 
first  heard  "Mormonism"  preached  by  Elder  John  P.  P.  Dorius;  be- 
came a  convert  at  once  and  was  soon  baptized.  In  1855,  she  leit  every- 
body and  everything  that  was  near  and  dear  to  her  in  Norway  to  cast 
her  lot  with  the  Saints  of  God  in  Utah;  after  enduring  many  hard- 
ships she  arrived  in  Utah;  was  married  to  Bishop  Abraham  O.  Smoot 
of  Salt  Lake  City,  Feb.  17,  1856;  later  she  located  with  her  husband  in 
Provo,  Utah  Co.,  where  she  became  a  prominent  figure  in  Church 
affairs;  presided  over  the  Primary  Associations  of  the  Utah  Stake. 
She  died  Jan.  20,  1894;  all  her  seven  children  survived  her;  her  oldest 
son  is  now  the  junior  member  of  the  Council  of  Apostles. 


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MINNIE  JENSEN  SNOW, 

Daughter  of  Hans  Peter  Jensen  and  Sarah  Josephine  Clausen,  was 
born  in  Brigham  City,  Box  Elder  Co.,  Utau,  Oct.  10,  1855;  served  as 
organist  of  the  Tabernacle  choir  in  Brigham  City  for  twenty  years; 
she  was  married  to  Apostle  Lorenzo  Snow  June  12,  1871;  studied  Ger- 
man and  French;  took  an  active  part  in  the  local  Relief  Society  work; 
was  cahea  to  preside  over  the  Y.  L.  M.  I.  A.  in  Brigham  City  in  1875; 
and  four  years  later  chosen  president  of  the  Y.  L.  M.  T.  A.  of  the 
Stake;  In  1893  she  visited  the  World's  Congress  of  Women  in  Chicago, 
and  later  acted  as  a  delegate  at  the  National  Council  of  Women  at 
Washington;  in  1899  she  served  as  a  delegate  at  the  triennial  session  of 
the  National  Council  of  Women.  At  the  present  time  Sister  Snow  Is 
an  active  member  of  the  general  board  of  tne  Y.  L.  M.  I.  A. 


ANNA  BACKSTROM  SNOW, 

Daughter  of  Hans  Nielsen  and  Caroline  Jensen,  was  born  at  Dalby, 
Malmohus  Lan,  Sweden,  April  1,  1825;  married  feter  Backstrom  in 
1848,  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  where  she  was  converted  to  "Mormon- 
ism,"  being  one  of  the  first  fifteen  persons  Baptized  by  Apostle  Erastus 
Snow  Aug.  12,  1850;  she  was  the  first  woman  among  the  numoer  oap- 
tized  on  that  occasion;  emigrated  from  Denmark  in  December,  1852,  in 
John  E.  Forsgren's  company  of  emigrating  Saints;  her  husband,  who 
remained  in  Denmark  as  a  missionary,  joined  her  in  Utah  in  1854. 
Elder  Baekstrb'm,  after  filling  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1860-63, 
died  In  St.  George.  Utah,  Feb.  5,  1870.  Later  Sister  Anna  married  the 
late  Erastus  Snow. 


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WILLARD  SNOW, 

Brother  of  Apostle  Erastus  Snow,  was  born  May  6,  1811,  In  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Caledonia  Co.,  Vermont;  baptized  by  Orson  Pratt.  June  18,  1833; 
removed  to  Kirtland,  Ohio,  and  marched  to  Missouri  as  a  member  of 
Zion's  camp  in  1834;  ordained  a  member  of  the  first  quorum  of  Seventy, 
Feb.  28.  1835;  performed  several  missions  to  different  parts  of  the  United 
States;  shared  in  the  persecutions  of  Missouri  and  Illinois;  after  his 
arrival  in  Great  Salt  Lake  Valley  he  acted  as  a  counselor  in  the  Stake 
presidency:  served  as  a  member  of  the  Territorial  legislature;  called 
on  a  mission  to  Europe  in  1851;  called  to  preside  over  the  Scandinavian 
Mission  in  1852.  and  died  on  the  German  Ocean  en  route  from  Den- 
mark to  England,  Aug.  21,  1853. 


SAMUEL  LINDSAY  SPRAGTE. 

Born  March  23,  1843.  in  Lowell,  Norfolk  Co.,  Mass.;  baptized  in  1851;  his 
father  was  a  practicing  physician,  who  became  a  cpnvert  to  "Mormon- 
Ism,"  and  in  1848  came  west  with  his  family  as  Brigham  Young's  fam- 
ily physician.  Young  Sprague  crossed  the  plains  four  times  with  ox 
teams,  between  Salt  Lake  City  and  the  Missouri  river,  when  a  mere 
boy;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  and  became  a  member  of  the  3rd  quorum; 
filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1863-66.  when  he  labored  in  the  Copen- 
hagen conference,  presided  over  the  mission  a  short  time  in  1864,  and 
after  that  acted  as  a  counselor  to  Carl  Widerborg;  returned  home  In 
charge  of  a  large  company  of  emigrating  Saints  in  1866;  married  Anne 
M.  Kimball,  grand-daughter  of  Heber  C.  Kimball.  in  1868;  acted  for 
many  years  as  a  deputy  U.  S.  marshal  and  U.  S.  court  crier;  died 
in  Salt  Lake  City  May  11,  1900,  leaving  his  wife  and  five  children. 


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AUGUSTA  DORIUS  STEVENS, 

Daughter  of  Nicolai  and  Anne  Sophie  Dorius,  was  born  in  Copenhagen, 
Denmark,  Oct.  29,  1837;  baptized  into  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Lat- 
ter-day Saints  Dec.  14,  1850,  by  Chr.  Christiansen;  was  among  the  28 
souls  who  emigrated  to  Utah  in  Apostle  Erastus  Snow's  company, 
leaving  Copenhagen  March,  4,  1852;  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  City,  in  Oc- 
tober, 1852.  She  went  to  Sanpete  Co.,  in  1853,  where  sne  has  resided 
more  or  less  ever  since;  was  married  to  Henry  Stevens  in  the  year 
1854,  to  whom  she 'has  borne  seven  children;  four  of  these  are  now 
living.  Her  husband  died  Aug.  20,  1899.  She  has  for  many  years  been 
practising  obstetrics.  Mrs.  Augusta  Stevens  is  a  sister  to  C.  C.  N.  and 
John  F.  F.  Dorius. 


OLE  NILSON  STOHL, 

Born  Nov.  9,  1835,  in  Malmohus  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  in  Malmo  Jan. 
15,  1854;  went  to  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  in  1855;  ordained  a  Deacon  Sept. 
21,  1855,  and  a  Priest  by  O.  N.  Liljenquist;  labored  as  a  local  missionary 
in  the  island  of  Sjuelland,  Denmark,  and  later  in  the  Stockholm  con- 
ference, Sweden,  having  in  the  meantime  been  ordained  an  Elder;  pre- 
sided over  the  Norrkoping  branch,  and  later  over  the  Norrkoping  con- 
ference; emigrated  to  Utah  in  1863,  and  located  in  Brigham  City,  Box 
Elder  Co.,  his  present  home;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  Nov.  19,  1862; 
married  Christina  Johnson  April  16,  1864;  became  closely  identified  with 
the  United  Order  in  Brigham  City;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  In 
1879-81;  presiding  over  the  Gothenburg  conference;  he  now  presides  over 
the  Scandinavian  meetings  In  Erighara  City. 


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CHARLES 


X  SHRBMBERff. 


Born  April  8,  1847,  in  Kyrkefalla,  Skaraborg  Liin.  Sweden;  baptized  in 
the  fall  of  1858;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1862  as  an  orphan,  his  mother 
having  died  when  he  was  three  years  old  and  his  father  eight  years 
later;  located  in  Grantsville,  Tooele  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia 
in  1884-86,  laboring  in  the  Stockholm  conference,  principally  on  the 
Island  of  Gotland  and  in  the  Eskiltuna  branch;  returned  home  he  was 
first  counselor  to  the  President  of  a  large  company  of  emigrating 
Saints.  On  his  arival  in  Liverpool,  Englani,  he  received  a  cablegram 
from  home,  announcing  the  death  of  au  his  chiluren,  four  in  number. 
who  had  succumbed  to  the  diptheria;  acted  as  a  special  missionary  to 
the  Indians  in  Skull  Valley  from  1875  to  1882. 


PETER  Sl'NDWALL, 

Born  June  11,  1848,  in  Aspas,  Jemtland  Lan,  Sweden;  embraced  the 
Gospel  Feb.  27,  1866,  and  performed  missionary  labors  in  different 
branches  of  the  Stockholm  conference,  commencing  in  the  fall  of  1867, 
when  he  was  sent  to  Gotland;  labored  afterwards  in  Sundsvall,  Oster- 
sund,  Eskilstuna  and  Stockholm;  emigrated  to  Liah  in  1872,  and  made 
his  home  m  FaJrview,  Sanpete  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in 
lssl-83,  laboring  at  the  mission  office  in  Copenhagen;  filled  a  second 
mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1894-96,  presiding  over  the  Scanmnavian 
mission.  At  home  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in  any  calling  that  has 
been  assigned  to  him  in  a  Church  capacity,  and  has  always  been 
found  active  at  his  post  of  duty;  he  occupies  positions  of  prominence 
in  his  Ward,  and  has  filled  offices  under  the  government,  the  county 
and  the  city.  He  is  at  present  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Fairview. 


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AUGUST  SVENSON, 

Born  Aug.  7,  1836,  in  Stafinga,  Halland  Lan,  Sweden;  emigrated  to 
Denmark  in  1851;  embraced  the  Gospel  in  1853;  came  to  Utah  in  1856; 
served  as  a  soldier  in  Sanpete  during  the  Indian  war  in  1866;  went  on  • 
a  mission  to  the  "Muddy"  in  1868;  was  released  in  1871;  performed  a 
mission  to  the  Northwestern  States  in  1876-77;  flileft  a  mission  to 
Sweden  in  1883-84:  served  a  term  in  the  Utah  "Pen."  for  conscience 
sake  in  1889,  and  again  in  1892;  labored  as  a  Teacher  and  Priest  in  the 
Spanish  Fork  Ward  and  was  a  president  of  the  50th  quorum  of  Sev- 
enty until  Dec.,  1891,  when  he  was  called  to  the  position  of  first  coun- 
selor to  Bishop  Nielsen  of  the  Spanish  Fork  4th  Ward;  he  still  holds 
that  position. 


ALFRED  SWENSON, 

Born  May  7,  1866,  in  Elfsborg  Lan,  Sweden;  baptized  May  30.  1894.  by 
A.  J.  Hoglund;  ordained  a  Deacon  May  5.  1895,  by  A.  J.  Hoglund;  or- 
dained a  Priest  Sept.  30,  1895,  by  Theodore  Tqbiason;  ordained  an  El- 
der Oct.  11,  1895,  by  Theodore  Tobiason;  appointed  to  labor  as  a  mis- 
sionary in  the,  Halmstad  branch  Sept.  29.  1895;  labored  later  in  the 
Gothenburg  branch  and  still  later  as  president  of  the  Halmstad 
branch;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1898,  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Salt  Lake 
City. 


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ANDERS  PONTUS  SoDERBORG, 

Born  in  Gothenburg,  Sweden,  Feb.  6,  1831;  acquiring  a  good  education; 
went  to  sea  as  an  apprentice  with  a  view  to  learning  both  theoretical 
and  practical  navigation;  made  two  prolonged  voyages,  on  which  he 
visited  the  Eas't  Indies,  Australia  and  Africa;  attended  a  high  school 
in  Gothenburg-  from  his  20th  to  his  25th  year;  became  a  convert  to 
"Mormonism"  and  was  baptized  by  John  Van  Cott,  July  2.  1860;  labored 
as  a  traveling  Elder  in  and  president  of  the  Gothenburg  conference; 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1864  and  located  in  Salt  Lake  City;  rilled  a  mis- 
sion to  Scandinavia  in  1870-73,  laboring  as  a  traveling  Eider  in  the 
Jonkoping-  and  Stockholm  conferences;  died  July  12,  1890,  in  Salt  Lake 
City. 


CHRISTINA  WICKLAND  S5RENSEN, 

Born  Feb.  5,  1848,  in  Firila,  Helsingland.  Sweden,  but  her  parents 
moved  to  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  in  1850.  where  she  was  Messed  in  the 
Church.  She  emigrated  with  her  parents  to  Utah  in  1856,  crossing  the 
plains  In  the  handcart  company  under  Capt.  \vlllis,  ana  reached  Salt 
Lake  City  Nov.  15,  1856;  then  located  in  Manti.  Sanpete  Co.,  the  same 
fall,  where  she  was  baptized;  was  married  to  Martin  Sorensen,  July  18. 
1862.  In  1862  she  and  her  husband  moved  to  Washington,  Washington 
Co.,  where  she  acted  as  a  taecher  in  the  Relief  Society;  removeo  to 
Monroe,  Sevler  Co.,  and  was  there  set  apart  as  second  counselor  to 
the  president  of  the  Relief  Society,  and  later  president  in  Sevier  Stann. 
which  position  she  still  holds.  Her  husband.  Martin  Sorensen,  died  Oct. 
'21,  1889;  she  is  the  mother  of  twelve  children. 


FREDERIK  CHRISTIAN  SoRK^SEN, 

Born  June  1,  1819,  in  the  village  of  Valierod,  Sjaelland,  Denmark;  joined 
the  Baptists,  but  was  among  the  first  to  receive  the  true  Gospel,  being 
baptized  by  Geo.  P.  .Dykes,  Aug.  24,  1850,  and  confirmed  by  Erastus 
Snow;  about  hte  same  time  he  was  miraculously  healed  from  a  severe 
attack  of  consumption;  ordained  a  Deacon  Sept.  2,  1850,  a  Priest  Oct. 
13,  1850,  and  an  Elder  Nov.  16,  1851,  by  Krastus  Snow,  labored  as  a  local 
missionary;  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1852-53,  and  located  in  JUphraim  as 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  that  place;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  in  1857; 
filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1865-67;  presided  over  the  Fredericia 
and  later  over  the  Copenhagen  conference;  after  his  return  he  was 
chosen  as  a  member  of  tne  High  Council;  died  in  Ephraim,  Sept.  7,  1891. 


HANS  C.  SORENSEN, 

Born  Nov.  30,  1864,  in  Dostrup,  Aalborg  Amt,  Denmark;  emigrated  to 
Utah  in  1873;  and  located  in  Orderville,  Kane  Co.;  filled  a  mission  to 
Scandinavia  in  1887-89,  laboring  in  tne  Aalborg  conference.  After  his 
return  he  removed  to  Mount  Carmel,  where  he  has  acted  as  second 
counselor  to  Bishop  Jolley,  since  1896,  and  superintendent  of  the  Mount 
Carmel  Sabbath  School  since  1897;  he  married  Marinda  Esplin,  March 
18,  1890. 


JOHN  (J0RGEN)  PETER  S0RENSEN, 

Horn  Oct.  17,  1837,  at  Vestermark,  Kjser,  near  Sonderborg,  Als,  Den- 
mark; learned  the  trade  of  a  ship-carpenter;  went  to  sea  at  the  age  of 
19;  on  his  numerous  voyages  he  visited  Norway.  Sweden,  Iceland,  Eng- 
land, Italy,  Russia,  Prussia,  Finland,  etc. ;  ship  wrecked  in  the  English 
Channel  Christmas  Eve,  1859;  worked  in  the  gold  mines  in  Australia  and 
New  Zealand;  arrived  in  Utah  in  May,  1871;  located  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
where  he  became  part  proprietor  of  the  Valiey  House;  baptized  in 
1872;  married  Eva  Gyllenskog.  Dec.  24,  1872;  orda  ned  an  Elder  in  18(9; 
ordained  a  Seventy  in  1879,  filled  a  mission  to  New  Zealand,  1879-81, 
where  he  baptized  forty  people  and  organized  tnree  brancues  of  the 
Church;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  11*7-89  laboring  in  Schles- 
vig,  Denmark  and  Sweden;  ordaineo.  a  High  Priest  Feb.  27,  1893. 


MADS  P.  SoRENSEN, 

Born  Feb.  5,  1836,  at  Honum,  Hvlrrlng  parish  Skanderborg  Amt.,  Den- 
mark, of  poor  parents  and  from  his  ninth  year  had  to  work  for  his 
daily  bread  among  strangers;  Baptized  Oct.  7,  1857,  wy  H.  P.  Olsen; 
ordained  a  Priest  April  4  1858;  presided  over  the  Horsens  branch. 
Fredericia  conference;  ordained  an  Elder  uan.  i9.  1839;  labored  as  a 
missionary  in  and  later  as  president  of  the  Hvissel  branch;  was  ar- 
rested by  a  parish  judge  on  the  charge  of  vagrancy,  and  imprisoned 
five  days  on  bread  and  water;  labored  as  a  traveling  EHer  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Holding  and  the  Lseborg  districts;  emigrated  to  Utah  in 
1863;  resided  successively  in  Manti,  in  (jimnison  and  in  Mayfleld;  in  the 
latter  place  he  was  one  of  three  first  settlers;  was  ordained  a  High 
Priest  Jan.  22,  1868;  filled  a  misison  to  Scandinavia  in  1890-92. 


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OLE  S0RENSEN, 

Born  in  Aaby,  nearAarhus.Denmark,  April  7,  1836;  baptized  April  7, 
1860;  orJained  an  Elder  March  16,  1861;  appointed  president  of  tne  Aar- 
hus branch  March  16,  1861;  labored  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  the  Aarhus 
conference;  and  emigrated  to  IJtah  in  1862,  an<,  located  in  Fountain 
Green,  Sanpete  Co.,  where  he  still  resides;  filled  a  mission  to  Scan- 
dinavia in  lbb3-85,  laboring  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  and  as  president  of 
the"  Aarhus  conference;  at  home  he  has  presided  over  an  Elders' 
quorum,  labored  as  home  missionary,  etc. 


RASMUSS  S0RENSEN, 

Born  May  29.  1831,  in  Rye,  Skanderborg  Amt,  Denmark;  baptized  May 
16,  1866? emigrated  with  ms  wife  and  four  children  to  Utah  in  1873.  and 
located  in  Levan,  Juab  Co;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1890-91, 
laboring  in  the  Aarhus  conference,  part  of  the  time  as  president  of 
the  Horsens  branch;  he  also  presided  over  the  Esbjerg  branch. 


Jl.HN  V.  '1HEL1N, 

Born  April  1,  1864.  in  Holm  parish.  TJpsala  Lan.  Sweden;  baptized  Feb. 
9.  1886;  labored  three  years  as  a  local  missionary;  his  principal  field  of 
labor  was  the  Vesteras  branch  of  the  Stockholm  conference;  he  also 
labored  in  the  Upsala  and  Sodermanland  branches;  and  finished  up 
his  missionary  labors  as  president  of  the  Vesteras  branch;  emigrated 
to  Utah  in  1891,  and  located  in  Salt  Lake  City. 


AGNES  OLSEN  TriOMAS 

Born  March  8,  1857.  in  Chrlstiania,  Norway;  through  her  parents,  Guli- 
brand  Olsen  and  Karen  Simonsen,  she  became  a  convert  to  "Mor- 
monism"  at  the  age  of  11  years;  from  early  childhood  she  was  consid- 
ered a  value  as  a  singer;  she  sang  her  first  duet  when  about  eight 
years  old;  was  an  active  member  of  the  Christ iania  branch  choir  and 
participated  in  concerts  given  at  different  ha..s  throughout  the  city; 
emigrated  to  Utah  In  1879;  has  been  a  member  of  the  Salt  Lane  *ab- 
ernacle  choir  since  Feb.  14,  1881;  trained  under  Prof.  Evan  Stevens  for 
years,  she  has  gained  proficiency  as  a  solo  singer.  As  a  member  of  the 
Tabernacle  Choir  she  visited  the  World's  Fair  In  Chicago  In  188*;  on 
this  trip  she  appeared  in  national  costume  and  sang  her  native  songs 
In  all  the  concerts  the  choir  gave;  was  married  to  Moroni  J.  Thomas 
in  July,  1884. 


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CHRISTIAN  P.  THOMSEN, 

Born  Feb.  2,  1855,  in  Aasted  parish,  Hjorring  Amt,  Jylland  Denmark; 
emigrated  with  his  parents  to  Utah  in  1862  and  located  in  Levan, 
Juab  Co.:  was  baptized  in  1863;  filled  a  mission  to  Scanainavia  In 
1894-95,  laboring  as  a  traveling  Elder  in  the  Aalborg  conrerence;  ne  was 
released  early  on  account  of  poor  health. 


PETER  P"ETERSEN  THOMSEN, 

Born  Jan.  15,  1809,  in  Bregninge,  on  the  island  of  Falster,  Denmark;  was 
among  the  first  converts  to  the  Gospel  in  that  land,  being  baptized 
on  his  birthday  in  1852.  Being  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  highly  re- 
spected by  the  community  in  which  he  liveS,  his  acceptance  of  "Mor- 
monism"  created  much  excitement  and  persecution;  he  emigrated  with 
his  family  to  Utah  in  1853-54;  he  was  a  most  liberal  man  with  his 
earthly  means,  paying  for  nearly  fifty  poor  people's  emigration  be- 
sides paying  a  full  tithing  of  his  means  before  he  left  his  native 
land.  He  and  his  family,  with  many  other  Scandinavians  of  the  same 
company,  located  at  Ephraim;  he  always  took  an  active  part  in  the 
developing  and  building  up  of  that  place;  died,  highly  respected  and 
beloved,  Feb.  14,  1875. 


CATHERINE  HJERMIN  THOMSEN. 

Born  Feb.  14.  1M4.  in  Christianla,  Norway;  baptized  April  13.  1862;  em- 
igrated to  Utah  in  1868;  was  married  to  Niels  Thomson.  o£  Kphraim, 
May,  1870,  by  whom  has  had  eight  children.  In  1894  she 
was  set  apart  and  blessed  with  other  missionaries,  then 
goingr  to  Europe,  and  with  her  little  four-year-old  son,  Leander 
Theodore,  she  went  to  Norway,  to  get  the  genealogy  of  her 
relatives  and  friends.  She  visited  numerous  relatives  and  friends  in 
her  native  land  and  in  England,  and  bore  an  effective  testimony  to 
the  Truth  wherever  she  went,  and  returned,  after  an  absence  of  nine 
months.  At  home  she  has  been  an  active  worker  in  the  Women's 
Cause,  having  for  four  years  held  the  office  of  president  of  the  W.  H. 
P.  R.  A.,  a  society  that  works  for  the  interest  of  the  home. 


1NGWAWL  C.  THORESEN, 

Born  May  2,  18S2,  in  Christiania,  Norway;  emigrated  to  t'tah  with  his 
parents  in  1863  and  setled  in  Hyrum.  Cache  Co..  where  he  has  resided 
ever  since;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1876-78;  on  this  mission 
he  labored  one  year  at  the  mission  othce  in  Copenhagen.  Denmark: 
presided  over  the  Copenhagen  branch,  and  visited  all  the  other  Danish 
conferences;  later,  he  presided  over  the  Gothenburg  conference.  At 
home  he  has  been  an  active  and  prominent  citizen;  he  served  as  a 
member  of  the  last  three  constitutional  conventions,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Legislature  of  1897. 


CARL  EDWARD  THORSTENSEN, 

Born  March  6,  1863,  in  Christiania,  Norway;  baptir»d  July  17,  1893,  by 
Elder  H.  J.  Olsen;  ordained  to  the  Aaronic  Priesthood  and  sent  out 
as  a  missionary  when  sixteen  years  old;  ordained  an  Elder  when  17, 
and  appointed  Superintendent  of  Sunday  School,  president  of  Y.  M.  M. 
I.  A.,  and  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Norwegian  mission,  at  Christiania, 
Norway;  held  these  positions  until  he  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1882.  In 
1886  he  was  ordained  a  Seventy  by  C.  D.  Fjeldsted;  labored  as  a  mis- 
sionary in  Scandinavia  from  November,  1889,  to  November,  1891,  the 
entire  period  being  devoted  to  the  work  of  translation  rn  the  mission 
office  In  Copenhagen;  during  the  last  five  months  he  also  acted  as 
president  of  the  Copenhagen  conference,  Jan.,  1888,  he  was  appointed 
superintendent  of  the  Logan  Seventh  Ward  Sunday  School,  and  in 
Feb.,  1899,  set  apart  as  a  president  of  the  119th  quorum  of  Seventy. 


PETER  O.  THOMASSEN, 

Born  Aug.  29,  1836,  in  Drammen,  Norway;  was  baptized  by  Carl  Wider- 
borg,  June  9,  1854;  two  years  later  he  was  called  to  latior  at  the  mis- 
sion office  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  as  translator  for  "Scandinaviens 
Stjerne,"  a  position  which  he  tilled  for  seven  years;  during  that  time 
he  endeavored  to  introduce  harmony  music  in  the  congregations  of 
the  Saints,  and  led  the  Copenhagen  branch  choir  for  six  years;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1863,  and  located  in  Salt  Lake  City;  filled  a  mission 
to  Scandinavia  in  1870-72,  laboring  as  translator  at  the  mission  office  in 
Copenhagen;  published  "Utah  Posten"  in  1873-74,  and  "Bikuben"  in 
1891;  he  died  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Oct.  28,  1891. 


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HERMAN  P.  F.  THORUP, 

Born  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  April  19,  1847;  baptized  Aug.  12,  1862; 
labored  as  a  local  missionary  on  the  island  of  Sjselland  ani  emigrated 
with  his  parents  to  America  in  1868;  after  residing  in  Chicago,  111.,  one 
year,  the  family  came  on  to  Utah  in  1869,  with  the  first  company  of 
emigrating  Saints  that  reached  Ogden  on  the  Union  Pacific  railway; 
he  resided  in  Provo  until  1814,  when  he  removed  to  the  Second  Ward, 
Salt  Lake  City,  his  present  home;  ordained  a  Seventy  in  1879;  hued  a 
mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1879-S1,  laboring  in  tne  Copenhagen  confer- 
ence, Denmark:  labored  as  a  home  missionary  ...iree  years  and  a  half 
in  the  Salt  Lake  Stake  of  Zion;  is  now  tilling  a  second  mission  to 
Scandinavia,  in  the  Aarhus  conference. 


JOHN  T.  THORUP, 

Son  of  Herman  A.  and  Mary  C.  Thorup,  was  born  May  25,  1856.  in 
Copenhagen,  Denmark;  emigrated  to  America  in  1868;  stayed  in  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  till  1S69.  when  he  went  to  Utah  with  his  father's  family;  lo- 
cated temporarily  in  Provo,  but  moved  to  the  First  Ward.  Salt  Lake 
City,  in  1873;  filled  a  mission  to  Denmark  in  1879-81,  laboring  in  the 
Aarhus  and  the  Aalborg  conferences;  he  baptized  49  persons  while  in 
this  mission;  Jan.  23,  1887,  ne  was  ordained  a  iiigh  Priest,  and  set 
apart  as  Second  sounselor  in  the  Bishopric  of  the  First  Ward,  Salt 
Lake  City;  October  24,  1<»7,  he  was  set  apart  as  first  counselor,  wnlch 
position  he  holds  at  the  present  time. 


CHARLES  A.  TIETJEN, 

Born  March  12,  1852,  in  the  province  of  Skane,  Sweden,  of  German  par- 
ents; his  father  and  mother  embraced  the  Gospel  in  1857;  the  family 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1859;  helped  30  souls  to  emigrate  to  Zion;  passed 
through  many  trials  and  hardships;  located  .n  Goshen,  Utah  Co.,  but 
changed  their  residence  later  to  Santaquin.  their  present  home. 
Charles  was  baptized  in  Goshen  in  1861;  called,  together  with  others, 
to  go  on  a  missionary  trip  to  help  build  up  the  settlements  of  the 
Saints  in  Arizona;  has  labored  as  a  home  missionary  in  the  Utah 
Stake  of  Zion;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden  in  1882-84,  laboring  in  the 
Skane  conference,  being  president  of  the  same  part  of  the  time;  after 
his  return  home  he  was  ordained  a  Seventy,  later  became  a  High 
Priest,  and  has  filled  the  position  of  second  counselor  to  John  M.  Hol- 
liday  of  Santaquin  since  Io96. 


THEODORE  TOBIASON, 

Born  March  2,  1864,  in  Malmo,  Sweden;  emigrated  to  Utah  with  his 
mother,  and  joined  the  Church  in  Salt  Lake  City  in  the  year  18i3;  was 
ordained  an  Elder  in  October,  1885;  went  on  a  mission  to  the  North- 
western States  on  Oct.  7,  1887;  returned  Sept.  30,  1889;  was  called  to  act 
as  a  home  missionary  in  November,  1889,  and  as  a  missionary  to  Tooele 
Stake  In  the  interest  of  the  Sunday  Schools  in  1891;  was  ordained  i 
Seventy  the  year  previous;  was  callei  to  perform  a  mission  to  Sweden 
Feb.  9,  1895;  labored  in  the  oGthenburg  conference,  over  which  he  pre- 
sided from  September,  1895,  to  March.  1897;  returned  home  May.  1897; 
has  been  laboring  at  home  in  the  Sunday  School.  Mutual  Improyemer 
Associations  and  other  organizations  of  the  Church;  on  Oct.  21. 
miirricd  I. mini  I',.  Woolley.  Elder  Tobiason  is  now  a  resident  of  Salt 
Lake  City. 


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JOHN  VAN  COTT, 

Born  Sept.  7,  1814,  in  Canaan,  Columbia  Co.,  New  York;  baptized  by 
Parley  P.  Pratt,  in  September,  1845;  removed  to  Nauvoo  in  1846;  or- 
dained a  Seventy,  Feb.  25.  1847,  by  Joseph  Young-;  arrived  in  Great  Salt 
Lake  Valley  Sept.  25,  1847;  filled  a  mission  to  Europe  !n  1853-56,  an!  on 
the  demise  of  Willard  Snow  was  called  to  succeed  him  in  the  presi- 
dency of  the  Scandinavian  mission;  filled  another  mission  to  Scan- 
dinavia in  1860-62,  again  presiding-  over  the  mission.  When  he  died  in 
Salt  Lake  City,  Feb.  18,  1883,  he  was  one  of  the  First  Seven  Presidents 
of  Seventies. 


CHARLES  PETER  WARN  1C  K. 

Born  April  5,  1850.  at  Fareby  parish,  Vestergotland,  Sweden;  baptized 
in  1866  and  emigrated  to  Utah  the  same  year,  arriving  in  Salt  Lake 
City  Oct.  22,  1866,  after  a  very  hard  journey;  out  of  a  family  of  seven 
which  left  SweSen,  only  four  reached  their  journey's  end;  Charles 
settled  in  Pleasant  Grove,  Utah  Co.,  where  he  has  since  resided;  mar- 
ried Christine  Marie  Larsen,  March  14,,  1874;  filled  a  mission  to  Sweden 
in  1880-82,  laboring  in  the  Skane  conference,  most  of  the  time  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Helsingborg  branch.  At  home  he  has  served  as  a  member 
of  tne  city  council  of  Pleasant  Grove,  counselor  in  the  Y.  M.  M.  I.  A 
Ward  Teacher,  president  of  the  Scandinavian  meetings,  counselor  to 
Bishop  Joseph  E.  Thome  of  Pleasant  Grove  tirst  Ward,  etc.;  was  or- 
dained a  Bishop  of  the  Manila  Ward  in  1898. 


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JENS  CHRISTIAN  ANDERSEN  WEIBYE, 

Born  Sept.  26,  1824,  in  Vejby,  Hjorring  Amt,  Denmark,-  oaptlzed  April 
16,  1854;  labored  continually  for  seven  years  as  a  missionary  in  the 
Vendsyssel  conference,  the  last  three  years  as  president  of  the  same, 
and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1862;  married  Secilie  Marie  Pedersen  April  13, 
1880;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  Nov.  16,  Ioo2,  and  set  apart  as  the  presi- 
dent of  the  66th  quorum;  subsequently  he  was  a  president  in  tne  48th 
quorum  of  Seventy;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1871-73,  labor- 
Ing  in  Denmark  and  Norway,  most  of  the  time  as  president  of  the 
Chrlstianla  conference;  filled  a  second  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1887-89, 
laboring  In  the  AAlborg  conference  and  later  presided  over  the  Copen- 
hagen conference,  Denmark;  served  as  tithing  clerk  and  filled  many 
other  positions  In  the  community;  died  Feb.  25,  1891,  in  Manti,  Sanpete 
County. 


WILT.ARD  E.  WEIHE, 

The  violinist,  was  born  in  Christiania,  Norway.  At  the  age  of  ten 
he  played  for  Ole  Bull,  who,  after  hearing  him  offered  his  parents 
to  take  him  to  Paris  Conservatory  of  Music,  but  on  account  of  his 
extreme  youth  this  generous  offer  was  not  accepted.  Mr.  Bull  there- 
upon procured  him  the  most  skillful  instruction  Norway  offered. 
Shortly  alter  this  he  emigrated  with  his  mother,  brother  and  sister 
to  Utah,  and  later  went  to  Brussells,  where  he  entered  the  Conserva- 
tory of  Music  and  became  tne  pup.l  of  the  famous  violinist  Vieux- 
temps.  Some  years  later  he  returned  to  Europe  and  studied  under  the 
famous  De  Ahne  in  Berlin. 


AUGUST  WESTERBERG, 

Born  April  3,  1849  in  Hofva,  Sweden;  baptized  Oct.  24,  1875,  in  Gothen- 
burg; ordained  a  Teacher  and  subsequently  appointed  president  of 
the  Gothenburg  branch  and  clerk  of  the  Gothenburg  conference;  emi- 
grated to  Utah  in  1876  and  located  in  Logan,  Cache  Co.,  where  he 
labored  four  years  as  a  mason  on  the'  Logan  Temple;  in  1886-88  he 
filled  a  mission  to  Sweden,  laboring  in  the  Gothenburg  conference, 
part  of  the  time  as  president  of  the  Vingaker  branch  and  six  months 
as  traveling  Elder  in  the  Halmstad  branch;  filled  a  second  mission  to 
Scandinavia  in  1891-93,  laboring:  again  in  the  Gothenburg  conference. 
On  this  mission  he  labored  ten  months  without  purse  or  scrip,  under 
which  experience  he  met  with  the  greatest  success. 


CARL  W1DERBORG, 

Born  May  11.  1814,  in  Gothenburg.  Sweden;  baptized  by  Svend  Larsen, 
March  4,  1853,  in  Norway;  labored  a  short  time  as  a  missionary  in 
Norway  and  after  that  for  several  years  as  translator  and  writer  at 
the  mission  office  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark;  when  the  American  El- 
ders were  called  home  in  1858,  on  account  of  the  Utah  war,  Elder 
Widerborg  was  called  to  preside  over  the  Scandinavian  mission;  this 
presidency  was  continued  till  1860,  when  he  emigrated  to  Utah,  and  lo- 
cated in  Ogden.  Weber  Co.  In  1864-68,  he  filled  a  mission  to  Scandina- 
via, again  presiding  over  the  mission.  Soon  after  his  return  he  took 
suddenly  sick  and  died  March  12.  1869.  Elder  Widerborg  was  perhaps 
the  ablest  public  speaker  which  the  Scandinavian  mission  has  pro- 
duced up  to  the  present  time. 


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ANNA  CARINK   GAARDEN    \VIDTSOE, 

Born  on  Titran,  near  Frojen,  Trondhjem  Amt.  Norway;  her  father 
Peter  O.  Gaarden,  was  the  chief  or  royal  pilot  at  Titran;  her  mother, 
Beret  Martha  J.  Haavig,  was  the  daughter  of  a  wealthy  real  estate 
owner;  Anna  received  a  liberal  education,  and  was  Known  in  her 
circle  of  acquaintances  as  an  elocutionist;  was  married  to  John  A 
Widtsoe,  a  prominent  educator,  Dec.  29,  1870;  left  a  widow  with  two 

hildren,  Feb.  14,  1878;  was  engaged  as  teacher  at  the  Namsos  indus- 
trial school;  baptized  April  1,  1881,  by  Anthon  L.  Skanchy;  acted  as 

ounselor  and  secretary  in  the  Relief  Society  in  the  Trondhjem  branch; 
emigrated  to  Utah  in  1884;  and  located  in  Logan,  Cache  Co.,  where  she 
taught  a  sewing  school;  acted  as  teacher  in  and  counselor  in  the  Logan 

it  Ward  Renef  Society;  teacher  in  the  13th  Ward,  Salt  Lake  City,  etc.; 
has  labored  faithfully  in  the  interest  of  women's  franchise,  and  taken 
an  active  part  among-  the  Scandinavian  sisters 


JOHN  A  WIDTSOE, 

Born  Jan.  31,  1872,  on  the  island  of  Frojen,  Trondhjem  Amt,  Norway; 
baptized  April  3,  1884,  by  Anthon  L.  Skanchy;  emigrated  to  Utah  with 
his  mother  (Anna  C.  Widtsoe)  and  younger  brother  in  1884;  located 
in  Logan,  Cache  Co.;  acted  as  first  asst.  supt.  of  the  Logan  First  Ward 
Sunday  School.  After  studying  three  years  he  graduated  from  the  B. 
Y.  College  in  1891;  graduated  from  the  Harvard  University,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  with  the  highest  honors  in  1894;  gave  instructions  as  pro- 
fessor of  chemistry  in  the  Agricultural  College  in  Logan,  from  1894  to 
1898;  was  ordained  a  Seventy  and  set  apart  as  a  missionary  and  to 
study  in  Europe,  Aug.  5,  1898;  traveled  and  studied  in  Germany,  Den- 
mark, Norway.  Switzerland  and  France  in  1898-90;  introduced  the  Gos- 
pel in  Titran,  Norway;  took  the  degrees  of  A.  M.  Ph.  D.  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Gottingen,  Germany,  in  1899. 


OSBORNE  J.   P.   \VIDTSOE. 

Born  Dec.  12.  1S77.  in  Nainsos.  Norway;  emigrated  with  his  mother 
(Annie  C.  Widtsoe)  and  older  brother  (John  A.)  to  Utah  in  1884;  lo- 
cated in  Logan,  Cache  Co..  where  he  was  baptized  in  1886.  by  Bishop 
C.  J.  Larsen;  served  as  a  counselor  in  the  Y.  M.  M.  I.  A.  of  the  Logan 
First  Ward;  has  been  an  active  Sunday  School  worker;  graduated  from 
the  Agricultural  College,  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  in  !&;,.;  ordained 
:i  Seventy  ana  set  apart  for  a  mission  to  the  Society  Islands.  Oct.  28, 
IMI..  by  (ieorge  Reynolds;  after  laboring  some  time  on  the  Marquesas 
Islands,  he  was  appointed  in  1898  to  open  up  a  mission  on  the  Hervey 
group  or  Cooks  Islands,  and  to  preside  over  that  part  of  the  Society 
Islands  mission.  He  is  still  absent  on  this  mission. 


NIELS   W1LHKLMSEN. 

Born  April  21.  1824,  in  Feuling.  Skanderborg  Amt.  Jylland.  Denmark: 
baptized  by  Frekerik  Phister  in  Copenhagen,  Aug.  30.  1854;  labored  as 
a  missionary  in  Denmark  about  six  years,  during  which  time  he  oc- 
cupied some  of  the  most  important  positions  in  the  mission,  among 
which  that  of  counselor  to  President  C.  Widerborg:  he  emigrated  to 
Utah  in  1861.  and  after  residing  in  different  places  settled  in  St.  Charles. 
Bear  Lake  Co..  Idaho;  filled  a  mission  to  Scandinavia  in  1865-67;  labored 
as  traveling  Elder  in  the  whole  mission,  and  on  his  return  home  led  a 
large  company  of  emigrating  Saints;  called  on  a  second  mission  to 
Scandinavia  in  1879;  presided  over  the  mission  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  Aug.  1,  liKfl. 


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CHR1STRIAN    VvILLARoSEM, 

Born  April  fi,  1811,  near  the  city  of  Skive,  Viborg  Amt,  Denmark;  bap- 
tized by  Chr.  Christiansen  in  1852;  emigrated  from  Denmark  in  Decem- 
ber, 1852,  together  with  his  wife  Karen  Sijrensen,  whom  he  had  married 
in  Denmark,  April  2,  1851;  located  in  Spring  City.  Sanpete  Co.;  was 
driven  from  that  place  by  Indians;  settled  temporarily  in  Manti  and 
permanently  in  Ephraim,  being  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  the  lat- 
ter place  in  1854;  filled  a  short  mission  to  Scanamavia  in  18/1.  On  his 
return  he  emigrated  quite  a  number  of  poor  Saints,  being  a  man  of 
means  he  contributed  very  liberally  to  the  Church  for  public  purposes, 
whenever  called  upon  to  do  so;  founded  a  number  of  home  industries 
and  gave  employment  to  many  people,  when  he  died  in  Ephraim,  June 
29,  1897,  he  left  three  wives  and  fourteen  children;  two  of  his  sons  have 
filled  foreign  missions. 


KAREN  S0RENSEN  WILLARDSKX. 

Wife  of  Christian  Willardsen,  was  born  April  4.  1830,  In  Viborg  Amt. 
Denmark;  marrie:!  Christian  Willardsen  April  5,  1851;  joined  the  Church 
together  with  her  husband,  in  1852.  and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1852-53.  in 
John  E.  Forsgren's  company;  since  her  arival  in  Utah  her  life  has 
been  identical  with  that  of  her  husband;  while  residing  in  Spring 
City  (then  called  Little  Denmark)  she  suiiered  great  anxiety  and 
hardship  on  account  of  Indian  troubles;  she  has  been  an  active  worker 
in  the  Relief  Society  for  a  number  of  years  and  is  still  engaged  in  that 
noble  work,  while  her  sons  and  daughters  have  aided  the  work  of  God 
in  other  respects.  Her  daughters  have  labored  long  and  diligently  as 
Temple  workers,  in  which  they  have  been  greatly  aided  through  the 
sacrificing  and  liberal  disposition  of  the  mother  at  home. 


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ERASTUS  CHRISTIAN  WILLARDSEN, 

Born  Feb.  6,  1858,  in  Ephraim,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah,  and  is  a  son  of 
Christian  Willardsen,  Sen.,  and  Karen  Sorensen;  he  was  baptized 
ished  by  the  police  on  account  of  mob  disturbances;  he  was  next  sent 
on  a  mission  to  Scandinavia,  where  he  labored  in  the  Aarhus  con- 
ference and  on  the  island  of  Bornholm,  from  which  place  he  was  ban- 
ished by  the  police  on  account  of  mou  disturoances;  he  was  next  sent 
to  Norway,  where  he  labored  in  Drammen,  Throndhjem,  and  Tromso, 
the  latter  place  being-  the  most  northern  branch  of  the  Church  in  the 
world.  There  he  labored  alone  in  a  strange  land  with  the  most  strange 
surroundings,  the  sun  in  that  locality  disappears  from  the  firmament 
for  about  two  months  and  at  the  summer  never  sets  for  the  same 
length  of  time.  Soon  after  his  return  in  1890,  he  was  chosen  and  set 
apart  as  first  counselor  to  Bishop  C.  R.  Dorius  in  the  Ephraim  South 
Ward,  which  position  he  still  holds. 


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